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amendă
fine (a sum of money paid as punishment for an offense) /aˈmen.də/
noun#3412 most common
Also: penalty, monetary sanction
Example sentences
Șoferul a primit o amendă.
The driver got a fine.
Amenda pentru viteză este foarte mare.
The fine for speeding is very high.
Trebuie să plătesc amenda până vineri, altfel se dublează.
I have to pay the fine by Friday, otherwise it doubles.
Poliția le-a aplicat amenzi tuturor șoferilor care au parcat ilegal.
The police issued fines to all the drivers who parked illegally.
Valoarea amenzii pentru evaziune fiscală depinde de suma sustrasă statului.
The amount of the fine for tax evasion depends on the sum withheld from the state.
Deși a contestat amenda în instanță, argumentând că procesul-verbal fusese întocmit cu vicii de formă, judecătorul i-a respins plângerea.
Although he contested the fine in court, arguing that the citation had been drawn up with procedural defects, the judge dismissed his complaint.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | amendă | amenzi |
| Genitive | amenzi | amenzi |
| Accusative | amendă | amenzi |
| Vocative | amendă | amenzi |
Word family
a amendato fine (someone), to penalize
amendamentamendment (to a law or document)
amendabilable to be amended or fined
neamendatunamended, unfined
Etymology
Romanian borrowed "amendă" from French "amende" (a fine). The French word goes back to Old French "amender" (to amend, to correct), from Latin "emendare" (to free from fault), built from "ex-" (out of) and "menda" (a fault, a blemish). The same Latin root gives English "amend" and "mend".
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