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înca
still / yet /ˈɨŋkə/
adverb#1772 most common
Also: another (one more), even (emphatic, as in 'still more')
Example sentences
Vreau încă un ceai.
I want another tea.
El încă doarme.
He is still sleeping.
Nu am terminat încă cartea.
I haven't finished the book yet.
Deși e obosită, ea încă lucrează la proiect.
Although she is tired, she is still working on the project.
Chiar dacă dovezile erau copleșitoare, inculpatul încă susținea că este nevinovat.
Even though the evidence was overwhelming, the defendant still claimed to be innocent.
Oricât de mult ar fi vrut să creadă că totul se va rezolva de la sine, el încă nutrea, în adâncul sufletului, o îndoială surdă.
However much he wanted to believe everything would sort itself out, he still harbored, deep down, a quiet doubt.
Word family
încă o datăonce more, again
încă puțina little more, a bit longer
încă de pe atuncieven back then, as early as that
mai mult încăeven more so
Etymology
The origin of "încă" is not settled among Romanian etymologists. Standard reference dictionaries list it as of uncertain origin rather than a clean continuation of one specific Latin word. It has functioned as a core adverb of continuation and addition since the earliest written Romanian texts. Because the derivation is disputed, no confirmed Proto-Indo-European root can be assigned to it.
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