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adio

farewell /aˈdi.o/

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Also: goodbye (for good), adieu

Example sentences

Adio!
Farewell!
I-a spus adio la aeroport.
She said farewell to him at the airport.
Ne-am luat adio cu lacrimi în ochi.
We said our farewells with tears in our eyes.
Poți să-ți iei adio de la vacanța de vară.
You can kiss your summer vacation goodbye.
A fost un adio dureros, dar necesar.
It was a painful farewell, but a necessary one.
În fața mormântului, și-a luat adio de la tatăl său pentru totdeauna.
At the graveside, he bid his final farewell to his father forever.

Word family

rămas bungoodbye, farewell (neutral register)
a-și lua rămas bunto say one's goodbyes
despărțireparting, separation
a se despărțito part ways, split up
la revederegoodbye (see you again), the everyday alternative

Etymology

Romanian borrowed "adio" from Italian "addio" in the modern period, alongside many other Italian and French terms of courtesy. The Italian word itself contracts the phrase "a Dio (vi raccomando)", meaning "to God (I commend you)". The same underlying pattern appears across Romance languages as a way to hand a departing person over to divine care.

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