alerga

== Romanian == === Etymology === Probably from a Vulgar Latin root *allargāre, from Latin largus (“abundant, plentiful”). Other theories derive it ultimately from a derivation or alteration of Latin legāre or alegāre. Compare Aromanian alag, alãgari; compare also Albanian largoj (“to leave”), Italian allargare (“to widen”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.lerˈɡa/ Rhymes: -a Hyphenation: a‧ler‧ga === Verb === a alerga (third-person singular present aleargă, past participle alergat, third-person subjunctive alerge) 1st conjugation (intransitive, literal) to run (move quickly) Synonym: fugi (transitive, chiefly informal) to goad someone about, in chase or for one’s own purposes Synonym: fugări (intransitive, figurative, informal) to run around (busy oneself in pursuit of something) [with după] ==== Usage notes ==== Alerga denotes—at least in literal usage—the mere exercise of one’s faculty of running, such as for sport; fugi refers to running purposefully, such as to or from something. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== alergare alergător alergătură leneșul mai mult aleargă === References === “alerga”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026