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alături
beside / next to /a.ləˈturʲ/
adverb#847 most common
Also: alongside, by one's side, nearby
Example sentences
Ea stă alături de mine.
She sits next to me.
Casa lor este alături de a noastră.
Their house is next to ours.
Vino și stai alături de noi.
Come and sit beside us.
Familia mea este mereu alături de mine în momentele grele.
My family is always by my side in hard times.
Președintele a promis că va fi alături de cei afectați de inundații.
The president promised he would stand by those affected by the floods.
Deși drumurile noastre s-au despărțit, amintirea vremurilor petrecute alături de tine nu se va stinge niciodată.
Although our paths diverged, the memory of the time spent together with you will never fade.
Word family
laturăside, edge
a alăturato place side by side, to juxtapose
alăturatadjacent, attached
alăturarejuxtaposition
laterallateral, side
Etymology
Alături comes from the prefix a- fused with lături, the plural of latură, the Romanian word for 'side'. Latură traces back to Latin latus, lateris, meaning 'side' or 'flank'. The literal sense of alături is 'at the sides', which softened into the modern meaning of 'beside' or 'next to'.
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