căpăta

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căpăta

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Inherited from Vulgar Latin *capitāre, from Latin caput. Compare Italian capitare (“happen; turn up, occur; end up”); compare also Albanian kaptoj, cf. Occitan acaptar.

verb a căpăta 1st conjugation · capătă · căpătat · capete · a căpăta · căpătând

to obtain, acquire, get, earn
Similar: câștiga
to receive, get as a present
Similar: primi
Transylvania, Western, regional to collect, harvest
Similar: culege, recolta

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"căpăta." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ro/c%C4%83p%C4%83ta. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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căpăta. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ro/c%C4%83p%C4%83ta

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"căpăta." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ro/c%C4%83p%C4%83ta.

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@misc{ca_pa_ta_2026,
  title = {căpăta},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ro/c%C4%83p%C4%83ta},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}