perfecta

Forms

perfecta (third-person singular present perfectează, past participle perfectat) 1st conjugation^[1]

Etymology

It is formed from Romanian perfect + -a, a verb made on the adjective with the verb ending of the first conjugation.^[2][3][4][1] The DLR also takes it from the adjective.^[5] The adjective itself is from Latin perfectus, with perfekt as a second model.^[3][1] Marcu and Maneca compare Italian perfettare and French parfaire, verbs of the same meaning.^[6][7]

Earliest recorded meaning

MDA2 and the DLR give as the first record the second volume of the Buletinul Institutului de filologie română of Iași, a journal whose first volume appeared in 1934.^[3][5] From the start the verb is used of agreements and transactions: to bring them to a final, binding form.^[3][5]

Semantic evolution

The verb belongs to the language of law and business, and its object is almost always a deal, a contract or an agreement.^[5][2] The DLR quotes it in a penal code of the People's Republic and in Hamangiu's civil code, where a conditional obligation is perfectată only once the condition is met.^[5] The dictionaries gloss it with a definitiva “to make final” and a încheia “to conclude”, and MDA2 adds a sense “to bring to completion on very good terms”.^[3][8]

Timeline

• 1930s – first record, in the second volume of the Iași Buletinul Institutului de filologie română.^[3][5]
• 1955–1957 – the DLRLC defines it as “to complete, to conclude” transactions and pacts.^[8]
• 1986 – Marcu and Maneca compare Italian and French verbs.^[6]

Meanings

Verb

1. (transitive) To finalize or conclude an agreement, a contract or a transaction, bringing it to a final form: Cele două firme au perfectat contractul ieri.^[2][9][1]
2. To complete a deal on very favourable terms.^[3]

References

1. ^ a b c d e Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c DEX (2009), Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române [Explanatory dictionary of the Romanian language], Bucharest: Editura Univers Enciclopedic, p. 802
3. ^ a b c d e f g Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică „Iorgu Iordan – Al. Rosetti” (2010), Micul dicționar academic, 2nd ed., 4 vols., București: Univers Enciclopedic Gold, p. 2, 343
4. ^ Marcu, Florin (2000), Marele dicționar de neologisme, București: Saeculum Vizual, p. s.v. perfecta
5. ^ a b c d e f Academia Română (1965–2010), Dicționarul limbii române (DLR), serie nouă, tom I–XIX, București: Editura Academiei Române, p. s.v. perfecta
6. ^ a b Marcu, Florin; Maneca, Constant (1986), Dicționar de neologisme, 3rd ed., București: Editura Academiei Republicii Socialiste România, p. s.v. perfecta
7. ^ Wikționar (Romanian Wiktionary), ro.wiktionary.org
8. ^ a b Macrea, Dimitrie; Petrovici, Emil (coord.) (1955–1957), Dicționarul limbii romîne literare contemporane, 4 vols., București: Editura Academiei Republicii Populare Romîne, p. 3, 385
9. ^ Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică „Iorgu Iordan – Al. Rosetti” (2002), Noul dicționar explicativ al limbii române, București: Litera Internațional, p. s.v. perfecta