spăla

See also: spala, spála, spalã, and spała

Romanian

Etymology

From a Vulgar Latin root *experlavāre, from Late Latin perlavāre, present active infinitive of perlavō, from Latin lavō (“I wash”). Compare Aromanian spel, aspel, spilari, and also Albanian shpëlaj (“to rinse”)[1]. Cf. also southern Calabrese sprullavari ("water down a broth with much water") and Sicilian spirlavatu ("washed away").[2]

Verb

a spăla (third-person singular present spală, past participle spălat) 1st conj.

  1. to wash
  2. (reflexive) to bathe, wash oneself

Conjugation
    conjugation of spăla (first conjugation, no infix)
infinitive a spăla
gerund spălând
past participle spălat
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 spăl speli spală spălăm spălați spală
imperfect spălam spălai spăla spălam spălați spălau
simple perfect spălai spălași spălă spălarăm spălarăți spălară
pluperfect spălasem spălaseși spălase spălaserăm spălaserăți spălaseră
subjunctive eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present să spăl să speli să spele să spălăm să spălați să spele
imperative — tu — — voi —
affirmative spală spălați
negative nu spăla nu spălați

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See also

References
  1. http://www.dex.ro/sp%C4%83la
  2. http://www.scribd.com/doc/222924098/119066566-Al-Rosetti-Istoria-Limbii-Romane-pdf#scribd
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