trage

German

Pronunciation

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Verb

trage

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

Anagrams

• grate, Greta, targe, great

Middle Dutch

Etymology

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

Adjective

trâge

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

Inflection

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Alternative forms

• trege

Descendants

• Dutch: traag
• Limburgish: traog

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

From Early Medieval Latin tragere, from Latin trahere, present active infinitive of trahō, from Proto-Indo-European *tragʰ- (“to draw, drag”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtra.d͡ʒe/

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• Rhymes: -adʒe
• Hyphenation: tra‧ge

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Verb

a trage (third-person singular present trage, past participle tras) 3rd conj.

1. (transitive) to pull, draw, drag
2. (transitive) to draw (exert a force on a fluid by means of negative pressure)
3. (transitive, intransitive, see usage notes) to shoot

   a trage cu pușca ― to shoot a gun

4. (transitive) to draw a line
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

   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
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
    • 2023, La Familia (lyrics and music), “Lupta continuă”, in FOARTE‎:

      Și ăștia mici se bat, și ăștia mici tot trag, și ăștia mici vor bani, și ăștia mici sunt tari, și ăștia mici vor să ajungă mari, satir mușchetari

      And the little ones fight, and the little ones keep smoking, and the little ones want money, and the little ones are strong, and the little ones want to become big, satirical musketeers

12. (transitive) to swing a mounted bell
13. (reflexive, with placeholder o, vulgar, see usage notes) to bang, to fuck (have sex)

    Cum intru cu ea în cameră, o să ne-o tragem.

    Once I go in the room with her, we're gonna bang.

14. (transitive, colloquial) Indicates an intensive, sometimes aggressive action, often directed to someone.

    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

    Mult o să tragi până termini facultatea.

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

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

Usage notes

In the sense of “shoot”, trage can be:

• transitive, in reference to the projectile used: trage un glonț (“shoot a bullet”);
• with indirect object with în, when referring to offensive shooting;
• with indirect object with la, when in the context of target shooting: trage la țintă (“target shoot”).

In the sense of “have sex”, three constructions are possible:

• i-o trage cuiva, with a simple dative indirect object and unmistakably active in meaning;
• și-o trage cu cineva, in a dative reflexive construction and a prepositional object of person;
• și-o trage, with a dative reflexive plural pronoun reciprocal in sense.

Conjugation

Derived terms

Related terms

• tărăgăna
• tracțiune

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• gater, gerat, great, regat