cumpăta

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *compitāre (count, reckon, root), modified from Latin computāre. Doublet of computa, borrowed from Latin, and conta, borrowed through Italian and French.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kum.pə.ˈta/
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Verb

a cumpăta (third-person singular present cumpătează, past participle cumpătat) 1st conjugation

  1. to be frugal, moderate
  2. to save, spare

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