asemăna

See also: asemana

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin assimilāre, from similō, from Latin similis. Doublet of asimila and asambla.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.se.məˈna/
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  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: a‧se‧mă‧na

Verb

a asemăna (third-person singular present aseamănă, past participle asemănat) 1st conjugation

  1. (transitive) to liken [with dative or cu ‘to’]
    Synonym: asemui
    • 1974, Sonnet 18, in Teodor Boșca, transl., Sonete, Cluj: Dacia, translation of original by William Shakespeare, page 61:
      Să te aseamăn cu o zi de vară?
      Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?
  2. (reflexive or (obsolete) intransitive) to be like, resemble [with cu or dative; or (obsolete) with ca]
    Synonyms: semăna, aduce, se asemui, (obsolete) arăduce
  3. (reciprocal) to resemble each other, be alike
    Synonym: semăna
  4. (transitive, obsolete, of ground) to level
    Synonym: nivela

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