scăpăta

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scăpăta

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Possibly inherited from Vulgar Latin or Late Latin excapitāre (which meant "decapitate" in its attested form, but the Romance descendants may derive from an unattested sense of "to conclude, finish, reach the end of" which developed later, or possibly "to decrease, diminish"), ultimately from Latin caput (“head”). Compare Aromanian ascapit, ascãpitari, Italian scapitare, also Megleno-Romanian dăscapit, dăscăpitari, Old French deschater and Provençal descaptar, from Latin *discapitāre.

verb a scăpăta 1st conjugation · scapătă · scăpătat · scapete · a scăpăta · scăpătând

common, often, of the sun to decline, go down, go under, set, be on the wane
Similar: apune
common, of people to lose one's wealth, to become impoverished
Similar: sărăci

In English

set of a heavenly body: to disappear below the horizon

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

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

Chicago

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

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@misc{sca_pa_ta_2026,
  title = {scăpăta},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ro/sc%C4%83p%C4%83ta},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}