șterge putina
Romanian
Etymology
Literally, “wipe the pail”.
Verb
a șterge putina (third-person singular present șterge putina, past participle șters putina, third-person subjunctive șteargă putina) [conj?]
- synonym of o șterge (“to scram”)
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see șterge, putină.
Further reading
- “șterge”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025
- Iorgu Iordan, Alexandru Graur, Ion Coteanu, editors (1978), “șterge”, in Dicționarul Limbii Române[1], volume 9, part 1, Bucharest: Academy of the Socialist Republic of Romania, pages 197–198