arăta

See also: arata

Romanian

Alternative forms

• areta — archaic or regional

Etymology

Several hypotheses exist; one most often proposed is Vulgar Latin *arrēctāre (whence also Portuguese arreitar and Neapolitan arrezzà/arrizzà), from Latin rēctus (“straight”), but the phonetic evolution would be irregular in this case; another possibility is Latin ratāre, present active infinitive of ratō, as a frequentative of reor (“consider”) (past participle ratus), or from a Vulgar Latin ēlatāre, as a frequentative of efferō (“bring out or forth; produce, yield; emit”) (past participle ēlātus). One theory suggests it is the result of the convergence of three originally separate verbs: in addition to ēlatāre producing the standard form arăta, Latin *elitāre (from litō, litāre (“obtain or promise good omens”)) produces the mostly regional or archaic variant form areta and *arreptāre (from arreptus, past participle of arripiō (“seize; procure, appropriate”)) produces the obsolete arreta; these verbs then gradually merged together phonetically. Other etymologies link a Vulgar Latin *arreptāre instead to a contraction of ad-reputāre, but this is less likely.

One can also notice a similarity with the Arabic root ر ء ي (r ʔ y) (see أرى) and the Hebrew הראה.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [a.rəˈta]

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Verb

a arăta (third-person singular present arată, past participle arătat) 1st conj.

1. (transitive) to show, to exhibit, to display; to prove

   Poți să mi-l arăți?

   Can you show it to me?

2. (intransitive) to look (appear)

   Arăți bine.

   You look good.

3. (reflexive) to turn up

   Se va arăta în curând.

   He will turn up soon.

Conjugation

    conjugation of arăta (first conjugation, no infix)

infinitive			a arăta
gerund			arătând
past participle			arătat
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	arăt	arăți	arată	arătăm	arătați	arată
	imperfect	arătam	arătai	arăta	arătam	arătați	arătau
	simple perfect	arătai	arătași	arătă	arătarăm	arătarăți	arătară
	pluperfect	arătasem	arătaseși	arătase	arătaserăm	arătaserăți	arătaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să arăt	să arăți	să arate	să arătăm	să arătați	să arate
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		arată			arătați
	negative		nu arăta			nu arătați

Synonyms

• dovedi
• proba
• stabili

Antonyms

• ascunde

Derived terms

• arătare
• arătat
• arătător
• arătos