Bucura

Bucura is a Romanian verb meaning to please or to delight. It is a transitive verb used to indicate that something causes happiness in someone, often with a direct object or with the preposition pe to refer to the person who is pleased. For example, "Această veste a bucurat pe toți" shows a thing pleasing others.

In its reflexive form, a se bucura, the meaning shifts to rejoice or be glad, typically with de to specify what one is happy about: "Mă bucur de rezultatul muncii tale" or "Ne bucurăm de reușita echipei." The reflexive construction is common in everyday language when expressing personal or collective happiness.

Bucura is a regular verb belonging to the first conjugation (-a). It has compatible forms across tenses and moods, and it can be used in a variety of contexts, from everyday praise to formal writing. Related words include bucurie (joy) and bucuros/bucuroasă (glad, happy).

See also: bucurie, bucuros, se bucura, a face plăcere.