scăpăta

See also: scapata

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *excapitāre, ultimately from Latin caput (head). Compare Aromanian ascapit, ascãpitari, Italian scapitare, also Old French deschater and Provençal descaptar, from Latin *discapitāre.

Verb

a scăpăta (third-person singular present scapătă, past participle scăpătat) 1st conj.

  1. (popular, often of the sun, moon) to decline, go down, go under, set, be on the wane
  2. (popular, of people) to lose one's wealth, to become impoverished

Conjugation

Synonyms

  1. apune
  2. sărăci

Derived terms

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