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ridica

/ri.diˈka/

Rhymes with -a

Where it comes from

Probably from Latin ērādīcāre (“root out, eradicate”) (and thus a doublet of the borrowing eradica). Another possibility is Late Latin or Vulgar Latin ridicāre (“tie a vine, e.g. in a vineyard”) (attested from a late gloss), from ridica (“stake; prop; vine-prop”); cf. also Spanish rodrigón. The semantic development in this case would pertain to how vines were set up in Romanian vineyards traditionally, using a trunk for the vines and stakes to support them; in the winter they would be lowered covered with a layer of earth to protect from the cold, but in spring would be raised again on the stakes or props. Less likely etymologies proposed include a Vulgar Latin *rigidicāre, from rigidus, or *adrecticāre. Compare Megleno-Romanian rădic, ardic, ardicari.

verb a ridica 1st conjugation · ridică · ridicat · ridice · a ridica · ridicând

transitive to lift, elevate, raise, hoist, suspend
Similar: înălța
transitive to increase
transitive to uplift
reflexive to get up, stand up, arise
Similar: scula
figuratively, intransitive, literary to tower Portdrapelele se ridicau golașe deasupra fileurilor de tenis.
formal, reflexive, of amounts to amount, add up to Veniturile sale se estimează că s-au ridicat la 73,5 milioane dolari în 1986.
reflexive to recover from a disease
Similar: citovi, curăța, doctori, îndrepta, înfiripa, însănătoși, întrema, înzdrăveni, lecui, priboli, războli, ridica
obsolete, transitive to heal, cure
Similar: citovi, curăța, însănătoși, întrema, lecui, răzbuna, ridica, sana, sănătoși, scula, tămădui, vindeca

In English

stand to rise to one’s feet
arise get up, stand up
lift to raise or rise
pitch assemble or erect (a tent)
get up to rise from one's bed
raise to cause to rise
elate to lift up, raise, elevate
heave to lift
heft to lift or lift up (something) — see also lift
boost to lift or push from behind

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@misc{ridica_2026,
  title = {ridica},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ro/ridica},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}