to forget
The plain, non-reflexive verb. Takes a direct object or a că/să clause.
Am uitat.
I forgot.
Nu uita!
Don't forget!
#70 · Verb
uita
In Romanian, uita means “to forget”. It’s the #70 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 uita is two verbs sharing one spelling. On its own it means "to forget": Am uitat. With the reflexive pronoun, a se uita means "to look, to watch": Mă uit la tine. Rank 70, and the top measured form is neither — it is uite, the frozen "look!" that Romanians drop into almost every other sentence, the way English uses "look" or "here".
neutralto look / to watch (a se uita la)
The reflexive verb, always with la before what you look at. This is the ordinary word for watching television or looking at somebody.
Mă uit la film.
I'm watching a film.
Uită-te aici.
Look here.
look! / here! (uite)
A frozen presentative, invariable, used to point something out or to hand something over. Polite plural: uitați.
Uite!
Look!
Uite banii.
Here is the money.
to forget about / to let go (a uita de)
With de it means to stop thinking about something rather than to lose a fact.
Uită de asta.
Forget about it.
Forms you’ll actually hear
Ranked by how often each form shows up in spoken Romanian. The top 5 forms cover about 82% of everyday use — learn these first.
uite35%
uitat16%
uita14%
uită9%
uit8%
Show 14 more forms
uiți7%
uitați3%
uităm3%
uiti2%
uitam1%
uitându<1%
uitasem<1%
uitai<1%
uitau<1%
uitată<1%
uitate<1%
uitandu<1%
uitase<1%
uitând<1%
Conjugation
- Infinitive
- a uita
- Past Participle
- uitat
- Gerund
- uitând
- Imperative Singular
- uită
- Imperative Plural
- uitați
- Auxiliary
- a avea
- Reflexive
- No
- Transitivity
- both
| Tense | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Present | uit | uiți | uită | uităm | uitați | uită |
| Imperfect | uitam | uitai | uita | uitam | uitați | uitau |
| Perfect compus | am uitat | ai uitat | a uitat | am uitat | ați uitat | au uitat |
| Future | voi uita | vei uita | va uita | vom uita | veți uita | vor uita |
| Conditional | aș uita | ai uita | ar uita | am uita | ați uita | ar uita |
| Subjunctive | să uit | să uiți | să uite | să uităm | să uitați | să uite |
- The reflexive a se uita conjugates identically, with the pronoun in front: mă uit, te uiți, se uită, ne uităm, vă uitați, se uită.
- Uite is invariable and belongs to no tense; its polite counterpart is uitați. Both are pointing words, not real imperatives any more.
- The 3rd-singular subjunctive să uite and the presentative uite are spelled the same — the să in front is what separates them.
- The 2nd-plural present uitați and the 2nd-plural imperfect uitați are identical, as in every Romanian first-conjugation verb.
Examples
Uite, a venit!
Look, he came!
uite - The frozen presentative. It never changes for person or tense, and it is by far the most frequent form of this verb in speech.
Mă uit la televizor.
I'm watching television.
mă uit - The reflexive verb with its obligatory la. Dropping the pronoun would turn it into "I forget the television".
Am uitat cheile acasă.
I left the keys at home.
uitat - Compound past of the plain verb. Romanian uses a uita where English often says "left behind".
Nu uita să suni.
Don't forget to call.
uita - The negative imperative uses the infinitive form, not the imperative: nu uita, never *nu uită.
Uită-te la mine!
Look at me!
uită-te - The reflexive imperative attaches its pronoun to the end with a hyphen — a pattern shared by every reflexive verb.
Îmi uit mereu parola.
I always forget my password.
uit - A dative clitic can be added to mark the possessor — îmi uit parola is more natural than uit parola mea.
The reflexive pronoun changes the meaning completely. Uit means "I forget"; mă uit means "I look". If you drop mă from Mă uit la tine you are telling somebody you are forgetting them — and if you add it to Am uitat, you have said you looked at something.
In expressions
Common phrases built around uita — worth learning as whole units.
mă uit— I look, I'm watching (at)
lit. “myself I-look”