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trage

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See also: Trage and träge

German

Pronunciation

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Verb

trage

  1. inflection of tragen:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
    3. singular imperative

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Middle Dutch

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Etymology

From Old Dutch *trāgi, from Proto-Germanic *trēgijaz; see *tregô (“sadness, sluggishness”).

Adjective

trâge

  1. slow, sluggish
  2. slow, lazy
  3. weak

Inflection

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Descendants

  • Dutch: traag
  • Limburgish: traog

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Middle High German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈtraɡə/

Verb

trage

  1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of tragen
  2. third-person singular present subjunctive of tragen

Romanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Early Medieval Latin tragere, from Latin trahere (“to draw, drag”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtra.d͡ʒe/
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  • Rhymes: -ad͡ʒe
  • Hyphenation: tra‧ge

Verb

a trage (third-person singular present trage, past participle tras, third-person subjunctive tragă) 3rd conjugation

  1. (transitive) to pull, draw, drag
  2. (transitive) to draw (exert a force on a fluid by means of negative pressure)
  3. (ambitransitive) to fire, shoot [with în or la][usage note 1]
    a trage cu pușca ― to fire a gun
    a trage cu arcul ― to fire a bow
  4. (transitive) to draw a line
    Synonym: trasa
  5. (transitive, now uncommon) to weigh (have a weight)
    Synonym: cântări
  6. (reflexive, of animate or inanimate subjects) to have one’s origins, to stem from
    Toate cuvintele din propoziția aceasta se trag din limba latină.
    All the words in this sentence originate from the Latin language.
  7. (reflexive, of a physical or character trait or a misfortune) to stem from, owe itself to [with dative]
    De la cine i se trage copilului părul creț?
    From whom did the child get his curly hair from?
    Zgârcenia i se trage din creștere.
    His stinginess stems from his upbringing.
    Cicatricea asta mi se trage dintr-o căzătură cu motocicleta.
    This scar is from a fall off a motorcycle.
  8. (intransitive, now uncommon) to stay, lodge
    • 2007 November, Cătălin Gruia, “Viața lui Nicolae Ceaușescu [Life of Nicolae Ceaușescu]”, in National Geographic România, →ISSN, page 42:
      Într-un București la acea vreme cosmopolit — primul oraș pe care îl vedea —, Nicolae a tras la sora lui, Niculina Rusescu.
      In a then cosmopolitan Bucharest—the first city he would see—Nicolae lodged with his sister, Niculina Rusescu.
  9. (transitive, now uncommon) to station a means of transport
  10. (intransitive, now uncommon, of a means of transport) to pull up
  11. (transitive, slang) to smoke, puff
  12. (transitive) to swing a mounted bell
  14. (transitive, informal) Indicates an intensive, sometimes aggressive action, often one directed at someone. [with dative]
    a îi trage o palmă ― to slap someone
    a trage o bășină ― to fart
    a îi trage o bătaie ― to give a beating
    a trage un pui de somn ― to have a nap
    a îi trage un picior ― to hit with one’s foot
  15. (intransitive, now informal) to exert oneself, take pains, suffer for a goal
    O să tragi mult până termini facultatea.
    You’ll suffer a lot by the time you finish college.
    • 2010, Paraziții, “Arde”, in Tot ce e bun tre’ să dispară‎:
      Trag s-ajung unde tu n-ajungi
      I work to reach where you can’t reach
  16. (reflexive, obsolete) synonym of se târî (“to crawl”)
  17. (reflexive, obsolete) to act physically flirtatious with someone [with cu]

Usage notes

  1. [1]
    In the sense of “to fire”, trage can have:
    • a direct object referring to the projectile used: a trage un glonț (“to fire a bullet”);
    • an indirect object with în, when referring to offensive shooting: a trage în cineva (“to shoot at someone”);
    • an indirect object with la, when in the context of target shooting: a trage la țintă (“to target shoot”).

Conjugation

    conjugation of trage (third conjugation, past participle in -s)
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