îndrepta

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îndrepta

/ɨn.drepˈta/

Rhymes with -a

Where it comes from

From drept or from în + Vulgar Latin root *dirēctāre, or from *indirēctāre, from Latin dīrēctus. Compare Aromanian ndreptu/ndriptedz, ndriptari.

verb a îndrepta 1st conjugation · îndreaptă · îndreptează · îndreptat · a îndrepta · îndreptând

transitive to straighten
transitive to mend, correct, improve, recover
reflexive, of people or weather to change oneself for the better
obsolete, reflexive, of an army to reorganise
dated, reflexive to recover after sickness
Similar: citovi, curăța, doctori, îndrepta, înfiripa, însănătoși, întrema, înzdrăveni, lecui, priboli, războli, ridica
reflexive, regional, of the gaps between a new barrel’s staves to fill in after the wood swells with moisture
obsolete, rare, transitive to excuse
formal, reflexive to head
transitive to direct to a place
transitive to point, direct, address something in a certain direction a își îndrepta privirea

In English

right to correct
address (obsolete in English) to aim
straighten to make straight
make right rectify

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@misc{i_ndrepta_2026,
  title = {îndrepta},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ro/%C3%AEndrepta},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}