What does petrece in Romanian mean?

What is the meaning of the word petrece in Romanian? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use petrece in Romanian.

The word petrece in Romanian means spend, take place, a petrece bând, a sărbători, a petrece, a însoți, a acompania, a dormi, a petrece, a chefui, a-și petrece timpul, a-și petrece timpul, a se întâmpla, a pleca în vacanță, a-și petrece luna de miere, a duce la, a petrece, a se veseli, a se petrece, a rămâne peste iarnă, a petrece, a petrece, a conduce, a situa, a petrece noaptea la cineva acasă, a petrece, a petrece timpul, a petrece timp cu, a petrece vara, a petrece vara, a celebra, a trece, a petrece, a-și petrece weekendul, a petrece iarna. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word petrece

spend, take place

a petrece bând

(celebrate drunkenly)

a sărbători, a petrece

(commemorate)

Am sărbătorit în noaptea aceea.
We celebrated that night.

a însoți, a acompania

(accompany, go with)

Jack and I are going to the movies this afternoon; you can come along if you like.

a dormi

(UK, informal (sleep, spend the night)

a petrece, a chefui

(eat well)

Gazda turnă vinul în timp ce oaspeții petreceau (or: chefuiau).
The host poured the wine while the guests feasted.

a-și petrece timpul

(slang (spend time idly) (cu prietenii)

Why don't you come over to my house and hang out for a while?

a-și petrece timpul

(slang (be with: friends) (cu prietenii)

Since he got a girlfriend he's stopped hanging out with his friends.

a se întâmpla

(occur)

Multe lucruri s-au petrecut de anul trecut și până acum.
A lot of things have happened since last year.

a pleca în vacanță

(UK (go on vacation)

Plecăm în vacanță în Spania anul ăsta.
We are going to holiday in Spain this year.

a-și petrece luna de miere

(pass honeymoon)

Ken and Tina honeymooned in the Caribbean.

a duce la

(events: come before)

The days leading up to the wedding were so busy, with many details to finalise.

a petrece

(spend time doing) (timp, ore)

The athlete logged many hours at practice.

a se veseli

(celebrate, be festive)

Eat, drink and make merry, for tomorrow we must go into battle.

a se petrece

(fail to meet) (colocvial: întâlnire ratată)

Îmi pare rău că nu te-am găsit la gară.
I'm really sorry I missed you at the station.

a rămâne peste iarnă

(stay during winter)

a petrece

(informal (drink alcohol)

Am bere! Hai să chefuim!
I've got beer! Let's party!

a petrece, a conduce

(say farewell to) (pe cineva care pleacă)

He came to the airport with me to see me off. I'll drive you to the station and see you off.

a situa

(often passive (locate, place: story) (acțiune)

Acțiunea romanului se petrece în Parisul secolului XIX.
Helena set her story against the backdrop of the Second World War. The novel is set in 19th-century Paris.

a petrece noaptea la cineva acasă

(informal (spend the night at sb's house)

Liz didn't want to drive home in the dark, so she asked Dan if she could sleep over.

a petrece

(pass time) (despre timp)

Îmi voi petrece ziua cu familia mea.
I'm going to spend the day with my family.

a petrece timpul

(pass time)

She spends a lot of time at my house after school.

a petrece timp cu

(be in the company of)

I love spending time with my family.

a petrece vara

(spend the summer)

Își petreceau vara în munți.
They summer in the mountains.

a petrece vara

(keep, manage during summer)

Văcarul a mânat turmele să petreacă vara pe dealurile mai răcoroase.
The rancher summered the herd in the cooler hills.

a celebra

(archaic (celebrate, esp by drinking wassail)

a trece, a petrece

(figurative (pass time) (figurat, despre timp)

They wore the night away with stories of their youth.

a-și petrece weekendul

(US (spend the weekend)

We weekended at the beach.

a petrece iarna

(spend the winter)

We like to winter in Florida.

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