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împuscat
shot (past participle of "a împușca", to shoot with a firearm) /ɨm.puʃˈkat/
adjective#5033 most common
Also: gunned down, crazy / wasted (colloquial slang)
Example sentences
Câinele a fost împușcat.
The dog was shot.
Poliția l-a împușcat pe hoț.
The police shot the thief.
Vânătorul a împușcat un cerb în pădure.
The hunter shot a deer in the forest.
Soldatul rănit fusese împușcat în picior.
The wounded soldier had been shot in the leg.
Ziarele au scris că președintele a fost împușcat mortal.
The newspapers wrote that the president had been fatally shot.
Deși fusese împușcat de două ori, reușise să ajungă la spital înainte de a-și pierde cunoștința.
Although he had been shot twice, he managed to reach the hospital before losing consciousness.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | împușcat | împușcați |
| Genitive | împușcat | împușcați |
| Accusative | împușcat | împușcați |
| Vocative | împușcat | împușcați |
Word family
a împușcato shoot (with a firearm)
pușcăgun, rifleîmpușcăturăgunshotpușcașrifleman, marksman
pușcărieprison (colloquial)Etymology
The word comes from the verb "a împușca", built from the prefix "în-" (assimilated to "îm-" before "p") meaning "into", plus "pușcă", the Romanian word for gun or rifle, plus the verbal ending "-a". "Pușcă" itself was borrowed from a Slavic source (compare Bulgarian and Russian "pushka"), where it meant gun or cannon. "Împușcat" is simply the past participle of that verb, so it literally tracks the action of a firearm being used on someone or something.
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