amuți

Romanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From a Vulgar Latin root *ammūtīre, itself either from Latin mūtus or from obmūtēscere; alternatively from the variant form, from *mutīre < mūtēscere, or simply derived from mut. Compare Aromanian amutsãscu, amutsãri, Italian ammutire.

Verb

a amuți (third-person singular present amuțește, past participle amuțit) 4th conjugation

  1. to become mute, lose the ability to speak
  2. to fall silent, stop talking, shut up, clam up
    Synonym: tăcea

Conjugation

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