Alternative forms

• areta — archaic or regional

Etymology

Several hypotheses exist; one most often proposed is Vulgar LatinCategory:Romanian terms inherited from Vulgar Latin#ARATACategory:Romanian terms derived from Vulgar Latin#ARATA *arrēctāre (whence also Portuguese arreitar and Neapolitan arrezzà/arrizzà), from LatinCategory:Romanian terms inherited from Latin#ARATACategory:Romanian terms derived from Latin#ARATA rēctus (“straight”), but the phonetic evolution would be irregular in this case; another possibility is Latin ratāre,^[1] as a frequentative of reor (“consider”) (past participle ratus), or from a Vulgar Latin ēlatāre, as a frequentative of efferō (“bring out or forth; produce, yield; emit”) (past participle ēlātus). One theory suggests it is the result of the convergence of three originally separate verbs: in addition to ēlatāre producing the standard form arăta, Latin *elitāre (from litō, litāre (“obtain or promise good omens”)) produces the mostly regional or archaic variant form areta and *arreptāre (from arreptus, past participle of arripiō (“seize; procure, appropriate”)) produces the obsolete arreta;^[2] these verbs then gradually merged together phonetically. Other etymologies link a Vulgar Latin *arreptāre instead to a contraction of ad-reputāre, but this is less likely.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [a.rəˈta]Category:Romanian terms with IPA pronunciation#ARATA

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Verb

a arăta (third-person singular present arată, past participle arătat, third-person subjunctive arate)Category:Romanian lemmas#ARATACategory:Romanian verbs#ARATACategory:Romanian verbs in 1st conjugation#ARATACategory:Romanian entries with incorrect language header#ARATACategory:Pages with entries#ARĂTACategory:Pages with 1 entry#ARĂTA 1st conjugation

1. (transitiveCategory:Romanian transitive verbs#ARATA) to show [with dative]

   Poți să mi-l arăți?

   Can you show it to me?

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2. (transitiveCategory:Romanian transitive verbs#ARATA or intransitiveCategory:Romanian intransitive verbs#ARATA) to point out (single out) [with direct object or la]

   a arăta cu degetul ― to point a fingerCategory:Romanian terms with collocations#ARATA

3. (intransitiveCategory:Romanian intransitive verbs#ARATA, copulativeCategory:Romanian copulative verbs#ARATA) to look (appear)

   Arăți bine. ― You look good.Category:Romanian terms with usage examples#ARATA

4. (reflexiveCategory:Romanian reflexive verbs#ARATA) to show oneself, appear
5. (transitiveCategory:Romanian transitive verbs#ARATA) to show (prove)

   Synonyms: dovedi, stabili

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