grăbește-te
To hurry in Romanian is to say grăbește-te.
The phrase is used to tell someone to do things quickly.
Meaning: to do things quickly (verb)
How does it change in a sentence?
The imperative grăbește-te is used when addressing one person. If you are addressing multiple people or one person formally, use grăbiți-vă. To change the command into a statement like 'you are hurrying', use the indicative form te grăbești.
Did you know?
- The proverb grăbitul nu ajunge is often used as a cultural warning that people who rush too much often make mistakes and end up arriving last.
- To express that someone is 'in a rush' as a state of being, Romanians often use the phrase am grabă, which literally means 'I have haste'.
- The reflexivity of grăbește-te comes from the fact that in Romanian, you are essentially 'hurrying yourself', which is why the pronoun te is attached.
Examples in context
- De ce pierzi timpul? Grăbește-te și pleacă.Why are you wasting time? Hurry up and go.This sentence shows how to use grăbește-te when telling someone to stop wasting time and leave.Tatoeba #8961580 by elenacristina260, translation #8958419 by DJ_Saidez
- Grăbește-te!Hurry up.This is a simple way to say 'Hurry up!' using grăbește-te.Tatoeba #1153810 by ijikure2, translation #1329 by brauliobezerra
- Grăbiți-vă, vă rugăm, trebuie să prindem trenul!Hurry up, please. We need to catch the train!
- Grăbește-te, ratăm începutul filmului!Hurry, we'll miss the beginning of the movie!
- Fă repede, am o mulțime de treburi de rezolvat!Do it quickly, I have a lot of things to take care of!
- Grăbește-te că trenul pleacă!Hurry up, the train is leaving!
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Example conversation
Andrei and Elena are leaving for a movie.
- AndreiElena, grăbește-te că întârziem!Elena, hurry up because we are late!
- ElenaMai am nevoie de un minut.I need one more minute.
- AndreiFilmul începe în zece minute.The movie starts in ten minutes.
- ElenaBine, acum plecăm.Okay, we are leaving now.
Sources
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
