bucura

Romanian

Etymology

• Possibly borrowed from Albanian bukur (“nice, beautiful”), but semantic difficulties exist.
• Alternatively, a substrate Dacian or other Paleo-Balkanic word, akin to Albanian.
• Another possible theory suggests a Vulgar Latin root *voculāre (“to call, yell”), from Latin vōcula, from vōx (“voice”), with meaning possibly confused with or influenced by *bacchulāre, from bacchor (“celebrate”), and that the Albanian word simply coincides with the Romanian one.
• It is also, contrary to folk etymology, probably not related to the name of the legendary shepherd Bucur, who according to popular belief gave his name to the capital city of Romania, București; the name itself may be a remnant of a lost pastoral word originally based on Latin buculus (“young bull, ox, steer”) (compare Old French bugle, French beugler, also Dalmatian buc).

Pronunciation

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Verb

a bucura (third-person singular present bucură, past participle bucurat) 1st conjugation

1. (transitive) to delight, to cheer, to indulge

   Cred că aș avea ceva care te va bucura.

   I think I might have something that will cheer you up.

2. (reflexive) be / become glad or happy

Conjugation

    conjugation of bucura (first conjugation, no infix)

infinitive			a bucura
gerund			bucurând
past participle			bucurat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	bucur	bucuri	bucură	bucurăm	bucurați	bucură
	imperfect	bucuram	bucurai	bucura	bucuram	bucurați	bucurau
	simple perfect	bucurai	bucurași	bucură	bucurarăm	bucurarăți	bucurară
	pluperfect	bucurasem	bucuraseși	bucurase	bucuraserăm	bucuraserăți	bucuraseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să bucur	să bucuri	să bucure	să bucurăm	să bucurați	să bucure
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		bucură			bucurați
	negative		nu bucura			nu bucurați

Derived terms

• bucurie
• bucuros

See also

• București