degera

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *degelāre, from dē- +‎ gelāre. Compare Aromanian dzeadzir, dzidzirari.

Verb

a degera (third-person singular present degeră or (alternative) degerează, past participle degerat, third-person subjunctive degere or (alternative) degereze) 1st conjugation (intransitive)

1. (of body parts or people) to suffer frostbite
2. (hyperbolic) to feel very cold
3. (of botany, produce) to suffer frost damage

Conjugation

    conjugation of degera (first conjugation, no infix)

infinitive			a degera
gerund			degerând
past participle			degerat
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	deger	degeri	degeră	degerăm	degerați	degeră
	imperfect	degeram	degerai	degera	degeram	degerați	degerau
	simple perfect	degerai	degerași	degeră	degerarăm	degerarăți	degerară
	pluperfect	degerasem	degeraseși	degerase	degeraserăm	degeraserăți	degeraseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să deger	să degeri	să degere	să degerăm	să degerați	să degere
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		degeră			degerați
	negative		nu degera			nu degerați

Derived terms

• degerat
• degerătură

Related terms

• ger

Further reading

• “degera”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025