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amestec

mixture /aˈmes.tek/

noun#2589 most common

Also: blend, mix

Example sentences

Acesta este un amestec de fructe.
This is a fruit mixture.
Îmi place acest amestec de ceai.
I like this tea blend.
Bucătarul a adăugat sare în amestec.
The chef added salt to the mixture.
Amestecul de vopsele a creat o culoare nouă.
The paint mixture created a new color.
Amestecul de emoții pe care l-a simțit era greu de descris.
The mixture of emotions she felt was hard to describe.
Politica externă a țării este un amestec straniu de pragmatism și idealism.
The country's foreign policy is a strange mixture of pragmatism and idealism.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeamestec / amesteculamestecuri / amestecurile
Genitiveamestec / amesteculuiamestecuri / amestecurilor
Accusativeamestec / amesteculamestecuri / amestecurile
Vocativeamesteculeamestecurilor

Word family

a amestecato mix, to stir
amestecatmixed
amestecarethe act of mixing
amestecătormixer, blender
neamestecatunmixed

Etymology

Amestec is a noun formed from the verb a amesteca, meaning to mix. That verb descends from Latin admiscere, built from the prefix ad- and miscere, to mix. The noun keeps the verb's stem without the infinitive ending, a common pattern in Romanian for turning verbs into nouns.

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