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trage

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

• grate, Greta, targe, great

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

trâge

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

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

• trege

• Dutch: traag
• Limburgish: traog

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

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈtra.d͡ʒe/

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• Rhymes: -adʒe
• Hyphenation: tra‧ge

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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 [+ în／la (object)]

   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 [+dative]

   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
    • 2010, Paraziții (lyrics and music), “Arde”, in Tot ce e bun tre’ să dispară‎:

      Trag s-ajung unde tu n-ajungi

      I smoke to reach where you can't reach

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

    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. [+dative]

    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 [+ cu (object)]

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.

• tărăgăna
• tracțiune

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

• gater, gerat, great, regat