Learn Romanian › astăzi
astăzi
today /asˈtəzʲ/
adverb#478 most common
Also: nowadays, at present
Example sentences
Astăzi este luni.
Today is Monday.
Ce faci astăzi după-amiază?
What are you doing this afternoon today?
Astăzi am foarte mult de lucru la birou.
Today I have a lot of work at the office.
Deși a plouat toată noaptea, astăzi cerul este senin.
Although it rained all night, today the sky is clear.
Astăzi, mai mult ca oricând, tinerii aleg să studieze în străinătate.
Today, more than ever, young people choose to study abroad.
Ceea ce părea de neconceput acum un secol a devenit, astăzi, o realitate cotidiană.
What seemed inconceivable a century ago has become, today, an everyday reality.
Word family
azitoday (short, colloquial form of astăzi)zidayzilnicdaily
astă-searăthis evening
astă-noaptelast night
Etymology
Astăzi comes from a Vulgar Latin phrase built on the demonstrative iste/ista ("this") plus dies ("day"), roughly "this day." This sets Romanian apart from the rest of the Romance family, which mostly kept Latin hoc die ("hodie") for "today," as in Italian oggi and Spanish hoy. The short colloquial form azi is a later clipping of astăzi, not a separate word.
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