Stimulezi

Stimulezi is the Romanian verb form meaning "you stimulate." It is the second person singular present indicative of the verb stimula. The verb stimula comes from Latin stimulare. Cognates in other Romance languages include Italian stimolare and Spanish estimular.

In Romanian, stimula is conjugated as: eu stimulez, tu stimulezi, el/ea stimulează, noi stimulăm, voi stimulați, ei stimulează. The form stimulezi is used when addressing a single person in the present tense, as in Tu stimulezi creativitatea copiilor. In present subjunctive, the corresponding form is să stimulezi.

The verb is used across contexts such as education, management, healthcare, science, and everyday language to denote prompting growth, activity, or response. It often implies active effort to provoke a reaction or develop potential, and can be paired with nouns like creativitatea, potențialul, răspunsul. It is sometimes close in meaning to încuraja, but stimula emphasizes initiating or enhancing a response rather than mere encouragement.

Examples: Tu stimulezi curiozitatea copiilor prin întrebări deschise. Învățătorii pot stimula învățarea prin activități practice. Inovația poate fi stimulată de o atmosferă de lucru deschisă.