pleacă
To go away in Romanian is pleacă.
The verb is used to express the act of departing or leaving a place. You can make the command more specific and often more forceful by adding de aici, which means 'from here'.
Meaning: to depart or leave a place (verb)
How does it change in a sentence?
The form pleacă is versatile. It can function as the imperative command 'go away' or as the third-person singular present indicative meaning 'he/she/it goes away'.
Did you know?
- In Romanian folk songs and poetry, plecare (the act of leaving) is often used as a metaphor for death or a permanent spiritual journey.
- Romanian uses pleacă for leaving a place, but if you are 'leaving' a job or a relationship, the language often switches to a părăsi.
- While pleacă is the standard way to say 'go away', Romanians might use the word dispare to tell someone to 'vanish', which is considered much more aggressive.
Examples in context
- Pleacă acum.Now go away.Tatoeba #8560678 by fathe, translation #2249677 by CK
- Pleacă acum!Go away right now!Tatoeba #8565189 by fathe, translation #241665 by CE
- Pleacă de aici!Go away from here!Tatoeba #4697420 by mikajulia, translation #770049 by marloncori
- Vă rog să plecați, doresc să fiu singur pentru o perioadă.Please leave, I want to be alone for a while.
- Vă rugăm să vă retrageți din sala de conferințe.Please leave the conference room.
- Nu mai vreau să te văd. Du-te!I don't want to see you anymore. Go away!
- Lasă-mă în pace! Nu mai vreau să aud de tine.Leave me alone! I don't want to hear about you anymore.
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Example conversation
Elena wants Alexandru to leave the room.
- ElenaTe rog, pleacă din cameră.Please, go away from the room.
- AlexandruDe ce vrei să plec?Why do you want me to leave?
- ElenaSunt obosită, așa că pleacă acum.I am tired, so go away now.
- AlexandruBine, plec imediat.Fine, I am leaving immediately.
Sources
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
