peți

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peți

Where it comes from

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *petīre, from Latin petere (“ask, request”). Compare Italian pezzire, Spanish pedir.

verb a peți 4th conjugation · pețește · pețit · a peți · pețind

to propose, ask to marry, often through an intermediate, such as the woman's family
to sue (seek by request, petition)

In English

propose to ask for someone's hand in marriage — see also ask for someone's hand in marri

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@misc{pet_i_2026,
  title = {peți},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ro/pe%C8%9Bi},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}