o șterge
Romanian
Etymology
Literally, “wipe it”. Probably an ellipsis of șterge putina (literally “wipe the pail”).
Verb
a o șterge (third-person singular present o șterge, past participle șters-o, third-person subjunctive o șteargă) 3rd conjugation
- (informal, idiomatic) to scram
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