vrea

Romanian

Alternative forms

• vroi

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin volēre, remodeled from Latin velle, from Proto-Italic *welō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-. The word possibly passed through an older form *vurea/*vureare in early Romanian before reaching its current state (compare the phonetic evolution of durea). The 1st, 2nd, and 3rd person singular present forms (vreau, vrei, vrea) were reformed from the infinitive analogically; cf. the alternative conjugation now used as an auxiliary verb for the future indicative tense, which may represent the original form of these. Compare Aromanian voi, vreari, Italian volere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvre̯a/

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• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: vrea

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Verb

a vrea (third-person singular present vrea, past participle vrut) 2nd conj.

1. to want

   Vreau să-l întâlnesc pe prietenul tău Radu.

   I want to meet your friend Radu.

2. (auxiliary) Used to form other tenses.
   1. Used with an infinitive to form the future indicative tense.

      Mâine vom merge la teatru.

      Tomorrow we will go to the theater.

   2. Used with fi and a past participle to form the indicative future perfect tense.

      Când vei începe, eu voi fi terminat deja.

      When you will begin, I will have already finished.

   3. Used with fi and a past participle to form the presumptive past tense.

      Unde e Andrei? O fi plecat.

      Where is Andrei? Maybe he left.

   4. Used with an infinitive to form the presumptive present tense.

      O fi ocupat.

      Maybe he's busy.

   5. Used with the verb fi and a gerund to form the presumptive progressive tense.

      Ce-o fi făcând acolo?

      What could he be doing there?

Usage notes

• The verb vrea has three conjugations, shown below: one when used as a full verb, one when forming the indicative future and future perfect tenses, and one when forming the presumptive past, present and progressive tenses.
• vrea as a full verb is used only relatively sparingly in the imperfect, simple perfect and pluperfect tense. In these tenses, voi and the proscribed vroi are much more commonly encountered.
• A more informal way to form the future is to use o să + a subjunctive verb.

Conjugation

    conjugation of vrea (second conjugation, past participle in -ut)

infinitive			a vrea
gerund			vrând
past participle			vrut
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	vreau	vrei	vrea	vrem	vreți	vor
	imperfect	vream	vreai	vrea	vream	vreați	vreau
	simple perfect	vrui	vruși	vruse	vrurăm	vrurăți	vrură
	pluperfect	vrusem	vruseși	vruse	vruserăm	vruserăți	vruseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să vreau	să vrei	să vrea	să vrem	să vreți	să vrea
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		vrei			vreți
	negative		nu vrea			nu vreți

    conjugation of vrea (auxiliary verb, forms the future indicative tense)

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	voi	vei	va	vom	veți	vor

    conjugation of vrea (auxiliary verb, forms the presumptive tense)

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	oi	oi	o	om	oți	or

Derived terms

• vrere

Related terms

• voi
• voință

See also

• dori (less emphatic than vrea)

Further reading

• vrea in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)