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îndupleca

Pronunciation: /ɨn.du.pleˈka/

“îndupleca” is a Romanian word. Its 6 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to persuade, usually towards a more merciful course of action
  2. to relent (come around to showing mercy)
  3. to bend
  4. to bring to submission
  5. to submit
  6. to avoid

In Romanian

  1. (v.tranz.) a face pe cineva să se supună, să cedeze, să consimtă la ceva; a determina, a hotărî pe cineva să facă ceva.
  2. (v.refl.) a se arăta milos, bun; a se îndura.

Etymology

From în- + dupleca (now obsolete), from Latin duplicāre. Compare Aromanian ndpulic, nduplicari.

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