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acuză
accusation /aˈkuzə/
noun#3919 most common
Also: charge, indictment
Example sentences
Aceasta este o acuză serioasă.
This is a serious accusation.
El neagă acuza adusă de vecin.
He denies the accusation brought by the neighbor.
Avocatul a respins acuza fără dovezi.
The lawyer rejected the accusation for lack of evidence.
Presa a lansat o acuză gravă la adresa ministrului.
The press leveled a serious accusation at the minister.
Sub greutatea acuzei, martorul a cedat în cele din urmă.
Under the weight of the accusation, the witness finally broke down.
Comisia a examinat temeinicia acuzelor formulate împotriva funcționarului, înainte de a decide dacă merge mai departe.
The commission examined the merits of the accusations made against the official before deciding whether to proceed.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | acuză | acuze |
| Genitive | acuzei | acuzelor |
| Accusative | acuză | acuze |
| Vocative | acuzo | acuzelor |
Word family
a acuzato accuse
acuzataccused, defendantacuzațieaccusation (more common synonym)acuzatoraccuser; accusatory
acuzativaccusative case (grammar)
Etymology
The noun comes from the verb "a acuza", to accuse, which Romanian took from Latin "accusare". That Latin verb combines the prefix "ad-" (toward) with "causa" (cause, legal case), so the original sense was close to "to bring a case against someone". The noun "acuză" was then formed directly from the verb stem, a common pattern in Romanian for turning verbs into short abstract nouns.
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