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abandonată
abandoned /a.ban.doˈna.tə/
adjective#5487 most common
Also: deserted, given up
Example sentences
Casa este abandonată.
The house is abandoned.
Mașina veche este abandonată în curte.
The old car is abandoned in the yard.
Fetița a fost abandonată de părinți la naștere.
The little girl was abandoned by her parents at birth.
Ferma abandonată de ani de zile a fost cumpărată de un investitor.
The farm, abandoned for years, was bought by an investor.
Deși fusese abandonată, clădirea a fost renovată complet.
Although it had been abandoned, the building was completely renovated.
Ideea, considerată prea riscantă, a fost în cele din urmă abandonată de comitet.
The idea, considered too risky, was ultimately abandoned by the committee.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | abandonată | abandonate |
| Genitive | abandonate | abandonate |
| Accusative | abandonată | abandonate |
| Vocative | abandonată | abandonate |
Word family
a abandonato abandon
abandonabandonment; also used in sports for a forfeit
abandonatabandoned (masculine form)abandonarethe act of abandoning
Etymology
Abandonată is the feminine form of abandonat, the past participle of the verb a abandona. Romanian borrowed this verb from French abandonner in the nineteenth century, during a period when Romanian intellectuals reshaped the language with French vocabulary. The French word itself goes back to the phrase mettre à bandon, meaning to place under someone's control or at their disposal, later reversed in sense to mean giving something up entirely.
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