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împușcătură
gunshot /ɨmpuʃkəˈturə/
noun#3668 most common
Also: shot (from a firearm), the report of a gun
Example sentences
Am auzit o împușcătură.
I heard a gunshot.
Împușcătura a speriat câinele.
The gunshot scared the dog.
Poliția a auzit mai multe împușcături în noaptea aceea.
The police heard several gunshots that night.
Zgomotul împușcăturii a răsunat în toată valea.
The sound of the gunshot echoed through the whole valley.
Medicul legist a confirmat că rana provenea dintr-o împușcătură trasă de la mică distanță.
The medical examiner confirmed the wound came from a shot fired at close range.
Anchetatorii au reconstituit traiectoria împușcăturii pe baza urmelor de praf de pușcă găsite la locul faptei.
Investigators reconstructed the trajectory of the shot based on gunpowder traces found at the crime scene.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | împușcătură | împușcături |
| Genitive | împușcături | împușcăturilor |
| Accusative | împușcătură | împușcături |
| Vocative | împușcătură | împușcături |
Word family
a împușcato shoot
pușcăgun, rifleîmpușcatshot, wounded by gunfirepușcărieprison, jailpușcașrifleman, marksman
Etymology
Împușcătură is built on the verb a împușca, meaning to shoot. That verb in turn comes from pușcă, the Romanian word for gun, which Romanian borrowed from a Slavic language. The suffix -ătură is a common Romanian ending that turns a verb into a noun naming a single act or its result, the same pattern seen in spărtură (a break, from a sparge) or arsură (a burn, from a arde).
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