# trage
## German
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

trage
* inflection of tragen:
** first-person singular present
** first/third-person singular subjunctive I
** singular imperative

### Anagrams

* grate, Greta, targe, great

## Middle Dutch
### Alternative forms

* traech, trege

### Etymology

From Old Dutch *trāgi, from Proto-Germanic *trēgijaz; see *tregô (“sadness, sluggishness”).

### Adjective

trâge
* slow, sluggish
* slow, lazy
* weak

#### Descendants

* Dutch: traag
* Limburgish: traog

### Further reading

* “traech, trage”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
* Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “traech”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page traech

## Middle High German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (before 13th CE) /ˈtraɡə/

### Verb

trage
* first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of tragen
* third-person singular present subjunctive of tragen

## Romanian
### Etymology

From Early Medieval Latin tragere, from Latin trahere, from Proto-Indo-European *tragʰ- (“to draw, drag”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtra.d͡ʒe/
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* Rhymes: -adʒe
* Hyphenation: tra‧ge

### Verb

a trage (third-person singular present trage, past participle tras) 3rd conjugation
* (transitive) to pull, draw, drag
* (transitive) to draw (exert a force on a fluid by means of negative pressure)
* (ambitransitive) to shoot [with în or la]
    a trage cu pușca ― to shoot a gun
* (transitive) to draw a line
    Synonym: trasa
* (transitive, now uncommon) to weigh (have a weight)
    Synonym: cântări
* (reflexive, of animate or inanimate subjects) to have one’s origins, to stem from
    Toate cuvintele din propoziția aceasta se trag din limba latină.All the words in this sentence originate from the Latin language.
* (reflexive, of a physical or character trait or a misfortune) to stem from, owe itself to [with dative]
    De la cine i se trage copilului părul creț?From whom did the child get his curly hair from?
    Zgârcenia i se trage din creștere.His stinginess stems from his upbringing.
    Cicatricea asta mi se trage dintr-o căzătură cu motocicleta.This scar is from a fall off a motorcycle.
* (intransitive, now uncommon) to stay, lodge
** 2007 November, Cătălin Gruia, “Viața lui Nicolae Ceaușescu [Life of Nicolae Ceaușescu]”, in National Geographic România, →ISSN, page 42:Într-un București la acea vreme cosmopolit — primul oraș pe care îl vedea —, Nicolae a tras la sora lui, Niculina Rusescu.In a then cosmopolitan Bucharest—the first city he would see—Nicolae lodged with his sister, Niculina Rusescu.
* (transitive, now uncommon) to station a means of transport
* (intransitive, now uncommon, of a means of transport) to pull up
* (transitive, slang) to smoke, puff
* (transitive) to swing a mounted bell
* (reflexive, with placeholder o, vulgar) to bang, to fuck (have sex) [with dative]
    Cum intru cu ea în cameră, o să ne-o tragem.Once I go in the room with her, we're gonna bang.
* (transitive, informal) indicates an intensive, sometimes aggressive action, often one directed at someone. [with dative]
    a îi trage o palmă ― to slap someone
    a trage o bășină ― to fart
    a îi trage o bătaie ― to give a beating
    a trage un pui de somn ― to have a nap
    a îi trage un picior ― to hit with one’s foot
* (intransitive, now informal) to exert oneself, take pains, suffer for a goal
    Mult o să tragi până termini facultatea.You’ll suffer a lot by the time you finish college.
** 2010, Paraziții (lyrics and music), “Arde”, in Tot ce e bun tre’ să dispară‎:Trag s-ajung unde tu n-ajungiI work to reach where you can’t reach
* (reflexive, obsolete) Synonym of se târî (“to crawl”)
* (reflexive, obsolete) to act physically flirtatious with someone [with cu]

#### Usage notes

* ↑ In the sense of “shoot”, trage can have: a direct object referring to the projectile used: a trage un glonț (“to shoot a bullet”); an indirect object with în, when referring to offensive shooting: a trage în cineva (“to shoot at someone”); an indirect object with la, when in the context of target shooting: a trage la țintă (“to target shoot”).
* ↑ In the sense of “have sex”, three constructions are possible: i-o trage cuiva, with a simple dative indirect object and unmistakably active in meaning; și-o trage cu cineva, in a dative reflexive construction and a prepositional object of person; și-o trage, with a dative reflexive plural pronoun reciprocal in sense.

#### Derived terms

* atrage
* distrage
* extrage
* îl trage ața
* îl trage inima
* își trage sufletul
* retrage
* se trage de șireturi
* se trage pe cur
* sustrage
* trage apa
* trage clapa
* trage cu ochiul
* trage de limbă
* trage de timp
* trage de urechi
* trage în țeapă
* trage la cântar
* trage la răspundere
* trage mâța de coadă
* trage nădejde
* trage pe dreapta
* trage pe nas
* trage pe roată
* trage pe sfoară
* trage un tun
* trage una
* tragere
* trăgaci
* trăgătoare
* trăgător
* trăsură

#### Related terms

* tărăgăna
* tracțiune

### Further reading

* trage in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

### Anagrams

* gater, gerat, great, regat