El se uită la priză și spune că și ea este stricată.

Yes, this verb is normally learned as a se uita (la), meaning to look (at).

• eu mă uit
• tu te uiți
• el/ea se uită

In this case, se is just part of how the verb works. It does not mean he is literally looking at himself. Many Romanian verbs are built this way and are called pronominal/reflexive forms even when the meaning is not truly reflexive in English.

So:

• El se uită la priză = He looks at the socket/outlet

Because a se uita normally takes la before the thing you are looking at.

• a se uita la ceva = to look at something

So:

• se uită la priză = he looks at the outlet/socket

Using la here is standard. English says look at, and Romanian also uses a preposition in this pattern.

Priză is the basic singular form of the noun, while priza is the definite form, meaning the outlet/socket.

• priză = an outlet / outlet
• priza = the outlet

Romanian sometimes uses the basic noun form in places where English would still naturally say the because the context already makes it specific.

So la priză is perfectly natural here. If you saw la priza, that would make the noun more explicitly definite.

Because the two și words do two different jobs.

1. The first și means and:

   • El se uită la priză și spune...
   • He looks at the outlet and says...

2. The second și means also / too:

   • că și ea este stricată
   • that it is also broken / that it too is broken

Romanian uses the same word, și, for both meanings.

Romanian nouns have grammatical gender, and priză is feminine. Because of that, when you refer back to it with a pronoun, Romanian uses ea.

• priză = feminine noun
• ea = she/it for a feminine noun

This does not mean the outlet is thought of as female in a real-world sense. It is just grammatical gender.

In English, we use it for most objects. In Romanian, the pronoun must match the noun’s gender.

Romanian often does drop subject pronouns, but here ea is useful for emphasis and clarity.

The phrase:

• și ea = it too / also it

The pronoun helps highlight that the outlet too is broken.

If you removed it, the sentence would lose that emphasis. So ea is doing important work here, especially because of și.

Because stricată must agree with the thing being described, which is priză / ea, a feminine singular noun.

• masculine singular: stricat
• feminine singular: stricată

So:

• priza este stricată = the outlet is broken

This is normal Romanian adjective agreement. The adjective changes to match gender and number.

Că means that and introduces a subordinate clause.

• spune că... = he says that...

So:

• spune că și ea este stricată
  = he says that it too is broken

In Romanian, că is very common after verbs like a spune, a crede, a ști, and a zice.

Both are correct.

• este = full form of is
• e = shorter form, very common in speech

So these are both fine:

• ea este stricată
• ea e stricată

The version with este may sound a little more careful or neutral, while e is often more conversational.

When și means also/too, it usually comes before the word it emphasizes.

• și ea = she/it too
• și el = he too
• și noi = we too

So că și ea este stricată means that it too is broken.

ea și would not work naturally here with the same meaning.

Not exactly.

• a se uita la = to look at
• a vedea = to see

So this sentence is about the action of directing attention toward the outlet, not just perceiving it.

Compare:

• Se uită la priză. = He is looking at the outlet.
• Vede priza. = He sees the outlet.

A related verb is a privi, which also means to look at, often a bit more deliberately or formally.