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alert
brisk /aˈlert/
adjective#4245 most common
Also: nimble, spry, quick-paced
Example sentences
Cățelul este alert și jucăuș.
The puppy is lively and playful.
Ea are un mers alert.
She has a brisk gait.
Discuția noastră a fost alertă și scurtă.
Our discussion was brisk and short.
Bunicul rămâne alert, deși are optzeci de ani.
Grandfather stays spry, even though he is eighty.
Pașii lui erau alerți și hotărâți în timp ce traversa piața.
His steps were brisk and determined as he crossed the square.
Deși economia dădea semne de oboseală, ritmul alert al reformelor a reușit să mențină încrederea investitorilor.
Although the economy showed signs of fatigue, the brisk pace of the reforms managed to keep investor confidence.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | alert | alerți |
| Genitive | alert | alerți |
| Accusative | alert | alerți |
| Vocative | alert | alerți |
Word family
alertăan alert, alarm signal
a alertato alert, to warn someone
alertarethe act of alerting
alertatalarmed, put on alert
Etymology
Romanian borrowed "alert" from French "alerte". French took the word from the Italian phrase "all'erta", meaning roughly "to the height" or "on watch", used by sentries who kept lookout from a raised, steep position. The Italian "erta" itself goes back to Latin "erecta", the feminine form of "erectus", raised or upright.
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