Vrea

Vrea is a Romanian verb meaning to want. In its infinitive form the verb is a vrea. The form vrea itself is the third-person singular present tense, used for he/she/it wants.

In the present tense, the verb is irregular: eu vreau, tu vrei, el vrea, noi vrem, voi vreți, ei/ele vor. Examples include: El vrea să plece (He wants to leave) and Ea vrea să cumpere o casă (She wants to buy a house). The verb is commonly used with the infinitive introduced by să to express desire or intention, as in vreau să merg la librărie (I want to go to the bookstore).

Beyond the present, a vrea forms other tenses. The perfect (compound past) is am vrut, meaning I wanted or I have wanted. The imperfect is voiam, meaning I used to want. These forms allow expression of past desires or habitual states.

Usage notes: vrea appears in everyday speech and writing to express wishes, preferences, and intentions. It commonly appears in constructions with să to link desire to an action. Its usage spans requests, offers, and plans, making it one of the core verbs in Romanian communication.

Etymology and cognates: vrea derives from the Latin verb velle, and it has cognates in other Romance languages, such as Italian volere and French vouloir, reflecting a shared Indo-European heritage of expressing desire.