îmbtrânesc

Îmbătrânesc is a Romanian verb meaning to age or to grow old. It is used for people, animals, objects, and even ideas or customs that change with time. The form comes from the adjective bătrân (old) and is used to express the natural process of aging or passing experiences.

The verb is intransitive and describes a change of state rather than an action done to something else. It can be used literally, as in eu îmbătrânesc (I am aging), or metaphorically, for things that deteriorate or become dated, such as a tradition or a city, which îmbătrânește or îmbătrânesc over the years.

Conjugation in the present indicative follows a regular pattern for verbs ending in -esc. The present tense forms are: eu îmbătrânesc; tu îmbătrânești; el/ea îmbătrânește; noi îmbătrânim; voi îmbătrâneți; ei/ele îmbătrânesc. The same form îmbătrânesc is used for eu and ei/ele in the present. In non-diacritic writing, the word is often rendered as imbât... or imbătrâneasc without diacritics, but the standard spelling includes î, ă and â.

Related terms include îmbătrânire (aging, aging process) and bătrân (old). The expression can appear in literary or journalistic contexts to convey aging as a natural progression or as a comment on obsolescence.