deștepta

Romanian

Etymology

Traditionally considered to be from Vulgar Latin *deexcitāre, from Latin de- + excitāre (“wake up”) (cf. Italian destare, also Dalmatian destruar), but is more likely from Latin dispectāre, present active infinitive of dispectō (frequentative of dispiciō (“look, discern, perceive, discover”) through its past participle dispectus). It is also possibly, but less likely, originally from dēspectāre, present active infinitive of dēspectō (itself a frequentative of dēspiciō through its past participle dēspectus, but this word seems to have taken on the meaning of "look down upon, disdain" in the Western Romance language derivatives, which doesn't match with the Romanian meaning; it may be that the other languages derived their meanings directly from dēspiciō through its past participle instead of going through dēspectō). In Romanian, the hypothetical original form, *dișpepta, probably reached its current form under the analogous influence of aștepta. Compare Aromanian dishteptu, dishtiptari. Compare also Tarantino (dialect of Neapolitan) descetare (“to wake up”), which may instead derive from Latin oscitāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [deʃtepˈta]

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Verb

a deștepta (third-person singular present deșteaptă, past participle deșteptat) 1st conj.

1. (transitive) to awaken, to wake up, to arouse
2. (reflexive, with accusative) to become wise, to wake up

Conjugation

    conjugation of deștepta (first conjugation, no infix)

infinitive			a deștepta
gerund			deșteptând
past participle			deșteptat
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	deștept	deștepți	deșteaptă	deșteptăm	deșteptați	deșteaptă
	imperfect	deșteptam	deșteptai	deștepta	deșteptam	deșteptați	deșteptau
	simple perfect	deșteptai	deșteptași	deșteptă	deșteptarăm	deșteptarăți	deșteptară
	pluperfect	deșteptasem	deșteptaseși	deșteptase	deșteptaserăm	deșteptaserăți	deșteptaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să deștept	să deștepți	să deștepte	să deșteptăm	să deșteptați	să deștepte
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		deșteaptă			deșteptați
	negative		nu deștepta			nu deșteptați

Synonyms

• trezi
• scula

Derived terms

• deșteptare
• deșteptăciune

Related terms

• deștept