Romanian · Greetings & Phrases
te rog
Please
Beginnerphrase
Definition
Used to make polite requests; the formal version is vă rog.
Example
Un pahar cu apă, te rog.
A glass of water, please.
Etymology
'Te rog' means 'I ask you', where 'rog' stems from the Latin 'rogare', meaning 'to ask'. This phrase reflects polite request forms in Romanian.
How & Where It’s Used
'Te rog' is an informal and polite way of making requests, widely used in spoken settings among friends and family, as well as in casual written contexts.