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țigară
cigarette /t͡siˈɡarə/
noun#1836 most common
Example sentences
Eu fumez o țigară.
I am smoking a cigarette.
Nu am țigări în buzunar.
I don't have any cigarettes in my pocket.
Mi-a cerut o țigară pe stradă.
He asked me for a cigarette on the street.
Fumatul unei țigări pe zi poate afecta sănătatea pe termen lung.
Smoking one cigarette a day can affect health over the long term.
Miroseam a fum de țigară după ce am ieșit din bar.
I smelled of cigarette smoke after I left the bar.
Deși știa că fiecare țigară fumată îi scurtează viața, nu reușea să renunțe la acest obicei.
Although he knew that every cigarette he smoked shortened his life, he could not manage to give up the habit.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | țigara | țigările |
| Genitive | țigării | țigărilor |
| Accusative | țigara | țigările |
| Vocative | țigaro | țigărilor |
Word family
țigăricigarettes (plural)
țigaretăcigarette holder or slim cigarette
țigară de foicigar (literally 'leaf cigarette')
pachet de țigăripack of cigarettes
Etymology
Romanian borrowed țigară from Turkish sigara during the long period of Ottoman influence in the region. The Turkish word itself traces back through French cigare to Spanish cigarro. The deeper origin is debated: some link it to the Spanish word for cicada, cigarra, because a rolled cigar was thought to resemble the insect's body, while others point to a Mayan word for smoking. Because the word is a relatively late loan rather than inherited vocabulary, it has no Indo-European root.
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