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aiure
elsewhere; astray (off to some other, wrong place) /a.juˈre/
adverb#2208 most common
Also: nonsensically, senselessly, (as interjection) no way!, nonsense!
Example sentences
Mingea a zburat aiure.
The ball flew off somewhere else.
Nu-l asculta, vorbește aiure.
Don't listen to him, he's talking nonsense.
Copilul a luat-o aiure prin pădure și s-a rătăcit.
The child wandered off astray through the forest and got lost.
Planurile noastre s-au dus aiure după ce a izbucnit criza.
Our plans went astray after the crisis broke out.
Poetul scrie despre un suflet rătăcit aiure, departe de casă.
The poet writes about a soul wandering astray, far from home.
În versurile sale, poetul evocă un dor ce se duce aiure, dincolo de lumea cunoscută.
In his verses, the poet evokes a longing that drifts elsewhere, beyond the known world.
Word family
aiureathe standard, far more common form; elsewhere / nonsense / no way!
a aiurito rave, to talk deliriously or senselessly
aiuritscatterbrained, dazed, out of one's senses
aiurealănonsense, rubbish, a senseless mess
Etymology
Romanian dictionaries list the origin of this word as uncertain. It is a shorter variant of the far more common "aiurea," and the two share every sense, from the literal "elsewhere" to the figurative "nonsensically." Some scholars link it to the same root as the verb "a aiuri" (to rave, to speak deliriously), but no settled etymology has been established.
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