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azi-noapte
last night /azʲ.ˈno̯ap.te/
adverb#3926 most common
Also: tonight
Example sentences
Azi-noapte am dormit bine.
I slept well last night.
Azi-noapte a plouat mult.
It rained a lot last night.
Nu am putut să dorm azi-noapte din cauza zgomotului.
I couldn't sleep last night because of the noise.
Azi-noapte o să fie lună plină.
Tonight there will be a full moon.
Am visat ceva ciudat azi-noapte, dar nu-mi mai amintesc detaliile.
I dreamed something strange last night, but I don't remember the details anymore.
Dacă tot n-ai reușit să adormi azi-noapte, poate ar trebui să renunți la cafea după-amiaza.
If you still couldn't fall asleep last night, maybe you should give up coffee in the afternoon.
Word family
azitodaynoaptenightnoapteaat night, during the nightasearălast evening
astă-noaptelast night (synonym)
Etymology
Azi-noapte is a Romanian adverbial compound built from azi, today, and noapte, night. Azi is a shortened colloquial form of astăzi, which comes from Latin ista die or hac die, meaning roughly this day. Noapte descends directly from Latin nox, noctis, night, with regular sound changes. The compound simply means the night attached to today, and speakers rely on verb tense to tell whether that night has already passed or is still ahead.
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