trebui

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trebui

/tre.buˈi/

Rhymes with -i

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic трѣбовати (trěbovati), from Proto-Slavic root *terb- (see *terba).

verb a trebui 4th conjugation · trebuie · trebe · tre’ · trebuiește · trebuit

auxiliary to be necessary, to need to, to have to Va trebui să fac ceva.
transitive to need, to be in need of Îmi trebuie o vacanță.
Similar: avea nevoie de

In English

must be required to
need to have an absolute requirement for
have to obligation

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@misc{trebui_2026,
  title = {trebui},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ro/trebui},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}