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abandonat
abandoned /a.ban.doˈnat/
adjective#2516 most common
Also: deserted, given up, forsaken
Example sentences
Câinele este abandonat.
The dog is abandoned.
Casa veche pare abandonată.
The old house looks abandoned.
Copiii abandonați au nevoie de ajutor.
Abandoned children need help.
El a abandonat proiectul înainte de final.
He gave up on the project before it was finished.
Fabrica abandonată de la marginea orașului a devenit un loc pentru artiști stradali.
The abandoned factory on the edge of the city became a spot for street artists.
Deși fusese abandonat de toți prietenii săi, a reușit să își reconstruiască viața printr-o voință de fier.
Although he had been abandoned by all his friends, he managed to rebuild his life through sheer willpower.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | abandonat / abandonată | abandonați / abandonate |
| Genitive | abandonat / abandonate | abandonați / abandonate |
| Accusative | abandonat / abandonată | abandonați / abandonate |
| Vocative | abandonatule / abandonato | abandonaților / abandonatelor |
Word family
abandonabandonment, withdrawal, dropout (e.g. abandon școlar, 'school dropout')
abandonato abandon, to give up
abandonarethe act of abandoning
Etymology
Abandonat is the past participle of a abandona, a verb Romanian borrowed from French abandonner in the 19th century, during the wave of French-derived vocabulary that reshaped modern Romanian. The French verb goes back to the Old French phrase mettre à bandon, meaning to place under someone's jurisdiction or at their mercy. Bandon itself derives from ban, a term for a proclamation or authority of Germanic origin. So the word's deep sense is to give something over to another's control, which later narrowed to giving something up entirely.
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