# opri

**Part of speech:** VERB  
**Frequency rank:** #173 most common Romanian word  
**Language:** Romanian

A pune capăt mișcării, funcționării sau continuării a ceva; also used in reflexive form to mean 'to stop/stop by' or 'to pause'.

## Meanings

- **to stop; to make something stop** — causative: an agent causes movement, activity, or action to cease
- **to stop; to cease; to come to a halt** — often intransitive/reflexive in everyday speech
- **to pause; to stop briefly** — temporary interruption of an activity

## Example sentences

- Oprește televizorul, te rog. — _Please turn off the TV._
- M-am oprit să-l salut. — _I stopped to say hello to him._
- Nu opresc aici, doar trec prin zonă. — _I'm not stopping here; I'm just passing through the area._

## Forms

oprește, opri, oprit, opresc, opriți, oprim, oprești, oprească, oprită, oprea, oprite, oprise, oprind

## Nearby words by frequency

- [acel](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/acel)
- [mi-](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/mi-)
- [oră](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/or%C4%83)
- [intra](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/intra)
- [apoi](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/apoi)
- [frumos](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/frumos)
- [cere](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/cere)
- [iubi](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/iubi)
- [înainte](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/%C3%AEnainte)
- [drum](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/drum)
- [mic](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/mic)
- [ultim](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/ultim)

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Source: [https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/opri](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/opri) — MostSpoken Romanian frequency dictionary.