oprire

Oprire is a Romanian noun meaning the act of stopping or the point at which movement or activity ceases. It can refer to a temporary pause in action, the cessation of a process, or the stopping of a vehicle or machine. In everyday language, phrases such as o oprire scurtă or am făcut o oprire la jumătatea drumului illustrate a literal stop during travel or a pause in work. In technical contexts, oprire denotes the shutdown or deactivation of equipment, for example oprire de urgență (emergency stop) or oprire a motorului.

In transportation, oprire refers to a stop along a route where vehicles pause to load or unload passengers. It may appear in timetables or route descriptions as o oprire programată or simply oprire, and is commonly used alongside terms like stație or destinație. The concept can also describe planned or unscheduled pauses in service or operation.

Origin and related terms: The noun oprire is formed from the verb a opri, meaning to stop or halt, with the nominalizing suffix -ire. The related noun pornire denotes the act of starting or activation, representing the opposite phase of operation. Together, oprire and pornire are often used to describe the continuous cycle of stopping and starting in mechanical, electronic, and transport contexts.

See also: stație, oprire în transport, pornire, întrerupere.