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să

/sə/

Rhymes with -ə

Where it comes from

Inherited from Latin sī (“if”). The semantic function might have been influence from Paleo-Balkan; compare Albanian të.

conjunction сэ

Subordinative conjunction: to Vreau să dorm puțin.
Expresses desire or wish in optative or jussive constructions: let, may, can Să înceapă distracția!
Forms the “future imperative”. Să îmi iei ceva de la magazin.
Forms the first person plural hortative: let's Să vedem ce fac copiii.
informal Forms the informal future tense together with the auxiliary o/or. Copacul o să crească.
uncommon if, should
Similar: dacă, de

In English

may subjunctive
to in order to

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"să." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ro/s%C4%83. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Chicago

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BibTeX

@misc{sa_2026,
  title = {să},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ro/s%C4%83},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}