trece

• trelce

From Latin trēdecim.

trece (indeclinable)

1. thirteen

• trecenu

From Old Galician-Portuguese treze, from Latin trēdecim.

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• Hyphenation: tre‧ce

trece (indeclinable)

1. thirteen

Inherited from Latin trāicere.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtre.t͡ʃe/

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• Rhymes: -et͡ʃe
• Hyphenation: tre‧ce

a trece (third-person singular present trece, past participle trecut) 3rd conj.

1. (intransitive) to pass through (enter and then leave a region in space)

   Synonym: parcurge

   În loc să treacă prin oraș, șoferii pot folosi drumul de centură.

   Instead of passing through the city, drivers can use the ring road.

   Radiațiile gamma trec prin zece centimetri de plumb.

   Gamma radiation passes through ten centimetres of lead.

   Hainele nu lasă frigul să treacă.

   Clothes do not let the cold pass through.

2. (intransitive) to pass by

   De ce treci fără să saluți?

   Why are you passing by without saying hello?

   De la fereastră se vede toată lumea care trece.

   From the window one can see everybody that passes by.

   Soldatului i-a trecut un glonț pe la ureche.

   A bullet whizzed past the soldier’s ear.

3. (chiefly intransitive with de) to have passed something (leave behind in one’s path)

   Șoferul a trecut de ieșirea de pe autostradă fără să o observe.

   The driver passed the highway exit without noticing it.

   1. (intransitive) to exceed a value

      Synonyms: depăși, (literary) exceda

      Luna aceasta temperaturile nu vor trece de 10 grade.

      Temperatures will not exceed 10 degrees this month.

   2. (intransitive, figurative) to leave behind, come to terms with something

      Synonyms: depăși, lăsa în urmă

4. (transitive) to cross a road, a river, a boundary or the like

   Synonym: traversa

5. (transitive) to take someone over, help cross something

   Bacul ne trece peste Dunăre.

   The ferry is taking us across the Danube.

6. (intransitive, of time) to pass (go by)
7. (intransitive) to pass (be in the past)
8. (intransitive, of a sensation, state, emotion) to be over, pass, cease, no longer be felt by someone
9. (intransitive) approach a new action or subject, change focus

   a trece la fapte ― to walk the walk

   După montare voi trece la vopsire.

   After putting it together, I’ll go on to paint it.

   Să trecem acum la experiența dumneavoastră profesională.

   Let’s now discuss your work experience.

   • 1984, Tudora Șandru-Olteanu, transl., Dormind la soare (Globus; 407), Bucharest: Univers, translation of Dormir al sol by Adolfo Bioy Casares, page 170:

     De la acest sentiment de siguranță am trecut iar la bănuieli și temeri de necrezut.

     From this feeling of safety I once again went over to unbelievable suspicions and fears.

10. (intransitive) to change into a state

    Molecula trece în starea excitată.

    The molecule enters an excited state.

    A trecut de la prieten la dușman.

    He went from friend to enemy.

11. (intransitive) to make a visit, come over

    Synonyms: vizita, (informal) da

12. (transitive) to keep track, enter, catalogue, register, list in writing

    Synonyms: cataloga, înregistra, înscrie

13. (transitive, intransitive) to pass a test, an exam

    Synonyms: (informal) lua, (formal) promova

14. (transitive, informal) to pass a student

    Synonym: promova

15. (copulative) to pass for
16. (intransitive, colloquial, chiefly imperative, potentially rude) to go, move

    Treci înapoi în bancă. ― Back to your desk.

17. (intransitive, less common) to turn into, develop into

    Synonyms: ajunge, deveni, se face, se transforma

18. (reflexive, of produce) to become overripe, go out of season
19. (intransitive, television jargon, of a program) to show (be on television)
20. (reflexive, chiefly in the negative, obsolete, rare, of an endeavour) to succeed for someone
21. (reflexive, most­ly obsolete, of deceit or claims) to be believed

    Synonym: (chiefly colloquial) ține

Like some very few other third conjugation verbs, such as crește, trece has an isolated imperative identical to the second person present form (treci), while the transitive or reflexive imperative accompanied by an accusative personal pronoun is identical to the third person present or infinitive form: treci râul (“cross the river”), trece-mă peste râu (“cross me over the river”).

• a trecut baba cu colacii
• îi trece prin cap
• îi trece prin minte
• îl trece toate apele
• întrece
• treacă-meargă
• treacăt
• trece ca gâsca prin apă
• trece cu vederea
• trece în revistă
• trecere
• trecător
• trecut

• treaptă
• petrece

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

Inherited from Old Spanish treze, tredze from Latin trēdecim.

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈtɾeθe/
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈtɾese/

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• Rhymes: -eθe
• Rhymes: -ese
• Syllabification: tre‧ce

trece

1. thirteen

• → Cebuano: trese
• → Tagalog: trese

trece m (plural treces)

1. thirteen

trece m or f by sense (plural treces)

1. a member of the Council of Thirteen of the Order of Santiago

• “trece”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28