To admire

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transitive verb (psychology / aesthetics / social relations)

Definition

To look at or consider someone or something with a feeling of great esteem, deep respect, sympathy, delight, or wonder, due to exceptional moral, intellectual, artistic, or physical qualities; to highly value the worth or beauty of a being, object, or action.

Bilingual Equivalents

  • To admire
  • To look up to

Grammatical & Source Details

Inflection Type First conjugation verb, regular transitive paradigm across standard tense variations.
Formation Etymological loan from French 'admirer' and Latin 'admirari', normalized within literary and psychological vocabulary.
Spelling / Pronunciation [ad.mi.ˈra]
Source Lexicon of Grammatical Systems, Human Behavior, and Affective Typologies

Contextual Usage Examples

RO: Criticul de artă a petrecut câteva ore în muzeu pentru a admira noua capodoperă expusă.

EN: The art critic spent several hours in the museum to admire the newly exhibited masterpiece.

RO: Tinerii din comunitate îl admiră pe profesor pentru modestia și erudiția sa extraordinară.

EN: The youths in the community admire the professor for his extraordinary modesty and erudition.

RO: Oricine poate admira peisajul montan spectaculos de pe terasa acestei cabane izolate.

EN: Anyone can admire the spectacular mountain landscape from the terrace of this isolated chalet.

Idioms & Phrases

A admira în tăcere / To admire in silence / to secretly look up to

RO: A nutri un respect profund și o atracție platonică față de o persoană fără a-i exprima direct acest sentiment.

EN: To nurture a deep respect and platonic attraction toward a person without directly expressing this feeling to them.

Capacitatea de a admira / Capacity to admire

RO: Trăsătură psihologică ce reflectă maturitatea emoțională și deschiderea unui individ față de valorile estetice și morale superioare.

EN: A psychological trait reflecting an individual's emotional maturity and openness toward superior aesthetic and moral values.

A se admira în oglindă / To admire oneself in the mirror

RO: Actul reflexiv de a-și privi propria înfățișare cu mulțumire, uneori asociat cu vanitatea sau narcisismul.

EN: The reflexive act of looking at one's own appearance with complacency, sometimes associated with vanity or narcissism.

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