pierde trenul
Romanian
Etymology
Literally, “to miss the train”.
Verb
a pierde trenul (third-person singular present pierde trenul, past participle pierdut trenul, third-person subjunctive piardă trenul) 3rd conjugation
- (idiomatic) to miss the boat
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pierde, tren.
Further reading
- “tren”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025
- Iorgu Iordan, Alexandru Graur, Ion Coteanu, editors (1983), “tren”, in Dicționarul Limbii Române[1], volume 11, part 3, Bucharest: Academy of the Socialist Republic of Romania, page 587