scânteia

Romanian

Alternative forms

  • scînteiaold orthography

Etymology

From scânteie, or possibly from a Vulgar Latin *scantiliāre or *scintiliāre, from Latin scintillō, scintillāre. Compare Aromanian scãntiljedz, scãntiljari.

Verb

a scânteia (third-person singular present scânteiază, past participle scânteiat) 1st conjugation

  1. to sparkle, glimmer, shimmer, scintillate

Conjugation

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