See also: pastra

Romanian edit

Etymology edit

From Greek παστρεύω (pastrévo), possibly through a Bulgarian intermediate пастря (pastrja). Compare Albanian pastroj, Aromanian pãstrescu, spãstrescu. An alternate theory deriving it from Latin *parsitāre is unlikely.[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /pəsˈtra/
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Verb edit

a păstra (third-person singular present păstrează, past participle păstrat) 1st conj.

  1. (transitive) to keep, preserve, hold, maintain

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References edit

  1. ^ păstra in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)