to bring (here)
Movement towards the speaker. The mirror of a duce, which moves away.
Adu-mi apă, te rog.
Bring me some water, please.
Ce ai adus?
What did you bring?
#129 · Verb
aduce
In Romanian, aduce means “to bring (here)”. It’s the #129 most frequently used Romanian word. Below you’ll find how to use it, its forms, real example sentences, and common word pairings.
Meaning & Use
A aduce is "to bring" — and it is a duce with one letter in front, which is exactly the difference in meaning: a duce takes something away, a aduce brings it here. Rank 129. Its imperative is the irregular adu, matching du, and Adu-mi… is how you ask for something to be fetched.
neutralto fetch / to get
Going and returning with something, in one verb.
Aduc eu scaunele.
I'll get the chairs.
to bring about / to cause
Of consequences rather than objects.
Ce te aduce aici?
What brings you here?
to resemble (a aduce cu)
With cu it means to look like something — a quiet idiom worth recognising.
Aduce cu tatăl lui.
He takes after his father.
to remind (a aduce aminte)
a-și aduce aminte de is the full phrase for remembering.
Nu-mi aduc aminte.
I don't remember.
Forms you’ll actually hear
Ranked by how often each form shows up in spoken Romanian. The top 4 forms cover about 84% of everyday use — learn these first.
adus35%
aduc19%
aduce19%
aduci11%
Show 12 more forms
aduceți5%
aducem4%
aducă4%
aduse<1%
aducea<1%
adusă<1%
aduși<1%
aduceau<1%
aducând<1%
aducându<1%
adusese<1%
aduceai<1%
Conjugation
- Infinitive
- a aduce
- Past Participle
- adus
- Gerund
- aducând
- Imperative Singular
- adu
- Imperative Plural
- aduceți
- Auxiliary
- a avea
- Reflexive
- No
- Transitivity
- transitive
| Tense | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Present | aduc | aduci | aduce | aducem | aduceți | aduc |
| Imperfect | aduceam | aduceai | aducea | aduceam | aduceați | aduceau |
| Perfect compus | am adus | ai adus | a adus | am adus | ați adus | au adus |
| Future | voi aduce | vei aduce | va aduce | vom aduce | veți aduce | vor aduce |
| Conditional | aș aduce | ai aduce | ar aduce | am aduce | ați aduce | ar aduce |
| Subjunctive | să aduc | să aduci | să aducă | să aducem | să aduceți | să aducă |
- The imperative adu belongs to the small irregular set alongside du, fă, zi and vino.
- a aduce aminte is the everyday "to remember"; a-și aminti is its one-word equivalent.
- eu and ei/ele share the present form aduc, as in most verbs of this class.
Examples
Adu-mi cheile, te rog.
Bring me the keys, please.
adu - The irregular imperative adu, with the dative clitic hyphenated on. It matches du from a duce.
Am adus vin.
I brought wine.
adus - The irregular participle adus. The noun stays bare — Romanian adds no article for an unspecified quantity.
Ce te aduce pe aici?
What brings you around here?
aduce - A warm greeting to somebody unexpected. pe aici is vaguer than aici — "around here".
Nu-mi aduc aminte de el.
I don't remember him.
aduc - a-și aduce aminte de is the fixed phrase for remembering, with a dative clitic and de before the thing recalled.
Poți să aduci tu tortul?
Can you bring the cake?
să aduci - After poți să the subjunctive follows. Putting tu after the verb marks who is being asked.
Trebuie să aducă dovada.
He has to bring the proof.
să aducă - The 3rd-person subjunctive aducă, which follows trebuie să and vreau să alike.
A aduce brings towards here; a duce takes away from here. Adu-mi cartea asks for it to come to you, Du-i cartea sends it to somebody else. The one letter carries the whole direction, and swapping them reverses the errand.
In expressions
Common phrases built around aduce — worth learning as whole units.
a-și aduce aminte— to remember, to recall
lit. “to bring oneself remembrance” · reflexive dative clitic marks who remembers: îmi aduc aminte (I), îți aduci aminte (you)