păta

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pata"

Romanian

Etymology

Probably from Vulgar Latin *pictāre, a verb based on Classical Latin pictus (“painted”). For the semantics, cf. Spanish pinta (“stain”) < pintar (“paint”, verb). The normal outcome of /kt/ is /pt/ in Romanian, but the loss of /p/ in this case can be explained as the result of dissimilation from the word-initial /p/. (Compare boteza < baptizāre and possibly pat < pactum.)[1] Doublet of picta, borrowed from the Italian cognate pittare.

Verb

a păta (third-person singular present pătează, past participle pătat) 1st conj.

  1. to stain, blot, speckle, smudge
  2. to soil, taint, blemish

Conjugation
    conjugation of păta (first conjugation, -ez- infix)
infinitive a păta
gerund pătând
past participle pătat
number singular plural
person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present pătez pătezi pătează pătăm pătați pătează
imperfect pătam pătai păta pătam pătați pătau
simple perfect pătai pătași pătă pătarăm pătarăți pătară
pluperfect pătasem pătaseși pătase pătaserăm pătaserăți pătaseră
subjunctive eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present să pătez să pătezi să păteze să pătăm să pătați să păteze
imperative — tu — — voi —
affirmative pătează pătați
negative nu păta nu pătați

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See also

References
  1. păta in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
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