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-ește
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Appendix:Variations of "este"
Romanian
Pronunciation
ro /ˈeʃ.te/
Etymology 1
From ro -esc. Compare rup -eashti. Cf. also Albanian sq -ishte.
Suffix
ro suffix
adverbial form of la -esc
Related terms
ro românește
Etymology 2
A form of the infix -esc-, from ro la -ēscō, in this case -ēscit. Cognates include rup -eashti, it -isce, es -ece.
Alternative forms
ro -ăște
Suffix
ro suffix
Used with a stem to form the third-person singular present of most regular -i (fourth conjugation) verbs. E.g. unește, tușește, ferește, pățește, urăște.
Related terms
ro -esc
ro -ești