Romanian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French réussir, Italian riuscire. First attested in the 1840s.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /re.uˈʃi/
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  • Rhymes: -i
  • Hyphenation: re‧u‧și

Verb edit

a reuși (third-person singular present reușește, past participle reușit) 4th conj.

  1. (catenative, uncommonly transitive) to succeed in doing something, manage
    Synonyms: izbândi, izbuti, răzbi
    Am reușit să ajung acasă.
    I managed to get home.
    A reușit să termine primul.
    He did succeed in finishing first.
  2. (intransitive) to succeed (turn out as desired)
    Synonyms: ieși, (informal) merge
    Antonym: eșua
    Ți-a reușit să rezolvi problema?
    Did you succeed in solving the problem?
    (literally, “Did solving the problem succeed for you?”)
    Lansarea a reușit.
    The launch succeeded.

Usage notes edit

Intransitive use with a dative pronoun (sense 2) is equivalent in meaning with catenative or transitive use (sense 1).

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

Collocations edit

  • reuși în viațăsucceed in life

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