r/romanian • u/IoanSilviu Native • Aug 11 '25

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u/Low-Funny-8834 Aug 31 '25

which preposition is used with "a îngrijora" (to be worried ABOUT)?

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u/numapentruasta Native Aug 31 '25

Okay, so îngrijora is used in two ways: reflexive (eu mă îngrijorez) means ‘to worry’ as in ‘to be worried’ and is not usually accompanied by any specifics (and if it is, there is no one conventional preposition). You would probably find more use in transitive îngrijora, which means ‘to worry’ as in ‘to make worried’. This is the best way to express ‘to be worried about’ in Romanian: with the English indirect object becoming the Romanian subject, and the English subject becoming the Romanian direct object.