șterge putina

Romanian

Etymology

Literally, “wipe the pail”.

Verb

a șterge putina (third-person singular present șterge putina, past participle șters putina) 3rd conjugation

1. Synonym of o șterge (“to scram”).
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see șterge,‎ putină.

Further reading

• șterge in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
• Iorgu Iordan, Alexandru Graur, Ion Coteanu, editors (1978), “șterge”, in Dicționarul Limbii Române‎^[1], volume 9, part 1, Bucharest: Academy of the Socialist Republic of Romania, pages 197–198