# voi

**Part of speech:** VERB  
**Frequency rank:** #137 most common Romanian word  
**Language:** Romanian

A verb used in modern Romanian as an auxiliary in future and conditional forms; the related expression 'a voi' is archaic/literary, meaning 'to want, to will'.

## Meanings

- **to want; to will (literary/archaic)** — Rare today in everyday speech; survives mostly in older texts and set expressions.
- **auxiliary used to form the future and conditional (with forms of 'a voi' / 'a vrea' in older usage, and standard future constructions in modern Romanian)** — In practice, learners usually meet the forms as part of future/conditional grammar rather than as a standalone verb.

## Example sentences

- Voi pleca imediat după masă. — _I will leave right after lunch._
- Nu știam că voi veniți atât de devreme. — _I didn't know that you were coming so early._
- Așa a voit să se întâmple. — _That is how it wanted to happen / That was how it was meant to happen._

## Forms

voi, voiam, voia, voiai, voiau, voit

## Nearby words by frequency

- [nou](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/nou)
- [fată](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/fat%C4%83)
- [parte](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/parte)
- [gândi](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/g%C3%A2ndi)
- [niciodată](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/niciodat%C4%83)
- [întoarce](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/%C3%AEntoarce)
- [ban](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/ban)
- [vreau](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/vreau)
- [puțin](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/pu%C8%9Bin)
- [ajuta](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/ajuta)
- [acasă](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/acas%C4%83)
- [înțelege](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/%C3%AEn%C8%9Belege)

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