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trage

1. inflection of tragen:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

• grate, Greta, targe, great

• traech, trege

From Old Dutch *trāgi, from Proto-Germanic *trēgijaz; see *tregô (“sadness, sluggishness”).

trâge

1. slow, sluggish
2. slow, lazy
3. weak

• Dutch: traag
• Limburgish: traog

• “traech, trage”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “traech”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page traech

• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈtraɡə/

trage

1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of tragen
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of tragen

From Early Medieval Latin tragere, from Latin trahere (“to draw, drag”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtra.d͡ʒe/

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• Rhymes: -adʒe
• Hyphenation: tra‧ge

a trage (third-person singular present trage, past participle tras, third-person subjunctive tragă) 3rd conjugation

1. (transitive) to pull, draw, drag
2. (transitive) to draw (exert a force on a fluid by means of negative pressure)
3. (ambitransitive) to shoot [with în or la]^{[usage note 1]}

   a trage cu pușca ― to shoot a gun

4. (transitive) to draw a line

   Synonym: trasa

5. (transitive, now uncommon) to weigh (have a weight)

   Synonym: cântări

6. (reflexive, of animate or inanimate subjects) to have one’s origins, to stem from

   Toate cuvintele din propoziția aceasta se trag din limba latină.

   All the words in this sentence originate from the Latin language.

7. (reflexive, of a physical or character trait or a misfortune) to stem from, owe itself to [with dative]

   De la cine i se trage copilului părul creț?

   From whom did the child get his curly hair from?

   Zgârcenia i se trage din creștere.

   His stinginess stems from his upbringing.

   Cicatricea asta mi se trage dintr-o căzătură cu motocicleta.

   This scar is from a fall off a motorcycle.

8. (intransitive, now uncommon) to stay, lodge
   • 2007 November, Cătălin Gruia, “Viața lui Nicolae Ceaușescu [Life of Nicolae Ceaușescu]”, in National Geographic România, →ISSN, page 42:

     Într-un București la acea vreme cosmopolit — primul oraș pe care îl vedea —, Nicolae a tras la sora lui, Niculina Rusescu.

     In a then cosmopolitan Bucharest—the first city he would see—Nicolae lodged with his sister, Niculina Rusescu.

9. (transitive, now uncommon) to station a means of transport
10. (intransitive, now uncommon, of a means of transport) to pull up
11. (transitive, slang) to smoke, puff
12. (transitive) to swing a mounted bell
14. (transitive, informal) Indicates an intensive, sometimes aggressive action, often one directed at someone. [with dative]

    a îi trage o palmă ― to slap someone

    a trage o bășină ― to fart

    a îi trage o bătaie ― to give a beating

    a trage un pui de somn ― to have a nap

    a îi trage un picior ― to hit with one’s foot

15. (intransitive, now informal) to exert oneself, take pains, suffer for a goal

    O să tragi mult până termini facultatea.

    You’ll suffer a lot by the time you finish college.

    • 2010, Paraziții, “Arde”, in Tot ce e bun tre’ să dispară‎^[1]:

      Trag s-ajung unde tu n-ajungi

      I work to reach where you can’t reach

16. (reflexive, obsolete) synonym of se târî (“to crawl”)
17. (reflexive, obsolete) to act physically flirtatious with someone [with cu]

• “trage”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

• gater, gerat, great, regat