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îndată
immediately, right away /ɨnˈdatə/
adverb#2406 most common
Also: at once, forthwith, as soon as (in 'îndată ce')
Example sentences
Vin îndată!
I'm coming right away!
Te sun îndată ce ajung acasă.
I'll call you as soon as I get home.
Îndată după ploaie, a ieșit soarele.
Right after the rain, the sun came out.
Medicul a cerut să fie chemat îndată ce apar primele simptome.
The doctor asked to be called as soon as the first symptoms appear.
De îndată ce legea a fost adoptată, autoritățile au început aplicarea ei.
As soon as the law was passed, the authorities began enforcing it.
Îndată ce a înțeles gravitatea situației, a acționat cu o fermitate care i-a surprins pe toți.
As soon as he understood the gravity of the situation, he acted with a firmness that surprised everyone.
Word family
datădate, occasion, time
a dato give
pe datăinstantly, at once
de îndatăat once, forthwith (formal/legal register)
îndată ceas soon as
Etymology
Îndată is built from the preposition în (in, on) and dată, the feminine form of dat, the past participle of a da (to give). Dată also stands on its own as a noun meaning a point in time or an occasion, as in the phrase o dată (once, one time). Îndată originally meant something like at that very moment, and over time it hardened into a single adverb meaning immediately.
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