cuteza

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin cottizāre or cottidiāre (compare Aromanian cutedz, cutidzari, Megleno-Romanian and Istro-Romanian cutez, Venetan scotezàr, Istriot cutisà, Aquileian scuttia, compare also Albanian kuxoj), from Ancient Greek κοττίζω (kottízō, “to play craps, shoot dice”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ku.teˈza/

Verb

a cuteza (third-person singular present cutează, past participle cutezat, third-person subjunctive cuteze) 1st conjugation

  1. (intransitive, now literary) to dare
    Synonyms: îndrăzni, se încumeta

Conjugation

    conjugation of cuteza (first conjugation, no infix)
infinitive a cuteza
gerund cutezând
past participle cutezat
number singular plural
person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present cutez cutezi cutează cutezăm cutezați cutează
imperfect cutezam cutezai cuteza cutezam cutezați cutezau
simple perfect cutezai cutezași cuteză cutezarăm cutezarăți cutezară
pluperfect cutezasem cutezaseși cutezase cutezaserăm cutezaserăți cutezaseră
subjunctive eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present să cutez să cutezi să cuteze să cutezăm să cutezați să cuteze
imperative — tu — — voi —
affirmative cutează cutezați
negative nu cuteza nu cutezați

Derived terms

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