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adversar
opponent, adversary /ad.ver.ˈsar/
noun#4744 most common
Also: rival, foe
Example sentences
El este adversarul meu la șah.
He is my opponent in chess.
Echipa noastră a învins adversarul cu două goluri.
Our team defeated the opponent by two goals.
Trebuie să ne studiem adversarii înainte de meci.
We need to study our opponents before the match.
Candidatul și-a criticat dur adversarul politic în timpul dezbaterii.
The candidate harshly criticized his political opponent during the debate.
Deși păreau adversari ireconciliabili, cei doi lideri au ajuns la un acord surprinzător.
Although they seemed irreconcilable adversaries, the two leaders reached a surprising agreement.
Strategia sa consta în a-și subestima adversarii, o greșeală ce avea să-i coste, în cele din urmă, victoria.
His strategy consisted of underestimating his opponents, a mistake that would ultimately cost him the victory.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | adversar | adversari |
| Genitive | adversarului | adversarilor |
| Accusative | adversar | adversari |
| Vocative | adversarule | adversarilor |
Word family
adversadverse, opposing
adversitateadversity, hardship
adversarăfemale opponent
aversiuneaversion, dislike
Etymology
Adversar entered Romanian through French adversaire, itself from Latin adversarius, meaning one turned against another. Adversarius derives from adversus, the past participle of advertere, built from ad- (toward) and vertere (to turn). The word was later reshaped in Romanian with the native agentive suffix -ar.
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