# peste

**Part of speech:** ADP  
**Frequency rank:** #192 most common Romanian word  
**Language:** Romanian

Preposition and adverb with several common uses: location above/across, movement over/across, and approximation of quantity or time. In everyday Romanian it is very frequent and usually depends on the verb or noun it follows.

## Meanings

- **over, above; across** — Used for physical position or movement from one side to the other.
- **past; beyond; through** — Often marks motion or reaching the other side of something, including figurative uses.
- **more than; over (quantity, age, time)** — Very common with numbers and periods of time.

## Example sentences

- Am pus cartea peste caiet. — _I put the book on top of the notebook._
- Am trecut peste pod. — _I crossed the bridge._
- Ne vedem peste o oră. — _We'll meet in an hour._
- E peste șaizeci de lei. — _It is over sixty lei._

## Forms

peste

## Nearby words by frequency

- [rămâne](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/r%C4%83m%C3%A2ne)
- [deja](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/deja)
- [frate](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/frate)
- [du](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/du)
- [ucide](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/ucide)
- [orice](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/orice)
- [nici_un](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/nici_un)
- [doamnă](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/doamn%C4%83)
- [față](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/fa%C8%9B%C4%83)
- [fapt](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/fapt)
- [arăta](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/ar%C4%83ta)
- [niște](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/ni%C8%99te)

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