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agent

agent (a person who acts on behalf of another, e.g. police officer, sales agent, secret agent) /aˈdʒent/

noun#527 most common

Also: officer (police), representative, operative

Example sentences

Un agent stă pe stradă.
An agent (officer) stands on the street.
Agentul meu de vânzări m-a sunat ieri.
My sales agent called me yesterday.
Agenția a trimis un agent să verifice casa.
The agency sent an agent to check the house.
Agentul secret a transmis informația fără să fie observat.
The secret agent passed on the information without being noticed.
Agenții imobiliari sunt obligați să declare toate comisioanele percepute clienților.
Real estate agents are required to declare all commissions charged to clients.
Deconspirarea agenților acoperiți a zguduit întreaga rețea de informații.
The unmasking of the undercover agents shook the entire intelligence network.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeagentulagenții
Genitiveagentuluiagenților
Accusativeagentulagenții
Vocativeagentuleagenților

Word family

agențieagency
agenturănetwork or apparatus of agents (often espionage)
subagentsub-agent
acțiuneaction

Etymology

Romanian "agent" was borrowed from French "agent" in the 19th century, during the period when Romanian vocabulary was heavily reshaped by French and Latin models. The French word goes back to Latin "agens, agentis", the present participle of "agere", meaning to do, drive, or act. The core sense, one who acts or carries out a task, has stayed stable across all three languages.

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