vrea

== Romanian == === Alternative forms === vroi вря (vrea) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling === Etymology === Inherited from Late Latin volēre, remodeled from Latin velle, from Proto-Italic *welō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-. The word passed through an older form *vurea/*vureare in early Romanian before reaching its current state (compare the phonetic evolution of durea). The 1st, 2nd, and 3rd person singular present forms (vreau, vrei, vrea) were reformed analogically on the form of the infinitive and imperfect; cf. the original forms now used exclusively for the (auxiliary verb) future indicative tense (voi). Compare to English will in the archaic sense "to desire, want". Cognate to Aromanian voi, vreari, Italian volere. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈvre̯a/ Rhymes: -a Hyphenation: vrea === Verb === a vrea (third-person singular present vrea, past participle vrut, third-person subjunctive vrea) 2nd conjugation to want (auxiliary) Used to form other tenses. Used with an infinitive to form the future indicative tense. Used with fi and a past participle to form the indicative future perfect tense. Used with fi and a past participle to form the presumptive past tense. Used with an infinitive to form the presumptive present tense. Used with the verb fi and a gerund to form the presumptive progressive tense. ==== Usage notes ==== The verb vrea has three conjugations, shown below: one when used as a full verb, one when forming the indicative future and future perfect tenses, and one when forming the presumptive past, present and progressive tenses. vrea as a full verb is used only relatively sparingly in the imperfect, simple perfect and pluperfect tense. In these tenses, voi and the proscribed vroi are much more commonly encountered. A more informal way to form the future is to use o să + a subjunctive verb. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== vrere ==== Related terms ==== voi voință ==== See also ==== dori (less emphatic than vrea) === Further reading === “vrea”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026