reuși

Romanian

Alternative forms

  • reușa obsolete

Etymology

Borrowed from French réussir, Italian riuscire. First attested in 1859.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) to succeed in doing something, manage
    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)
    Synonym: ieși
    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

The transitive sense is used with a subordinate clause, or often without any object at all; it is atypical that it takes a noun as an object.

Intransitive use with a dative pronoun is equivalent in sense with transitive use.

Conjugation

Collocations

  • reuși în viațăsucceed in life

References

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