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bă
hey (blunt term of address used toward a man) /ˈbə/
particle#4775 most common
Also: man, dude, you there
Example sentences
Bă, ce faci?
Hey, what are you doing?
Vino încoace, bă!
Come here, man!
Bă, nu mai țipa așa!
Hey, stop shouting like that!
Auzi, bă, ți-am zis eu că nu merge așa.
Listen, man, I told you it doesn't work that way.
Bă, frate, las-o mai moale cu glumele alea.
Hey bro, ease up on those jokes.
Bă, ăsta chiar crede că scapă basma curată de data asta?
Man, does this guy really think he'll get off scot-free this time?
Word family
băhey (blunt, to a man)
măhey (to a man, somewhat milder)
făhey (blunt, to a woman)brehey there (regional, milder)
Etymology
The exact origin of "bă" is not settled. Romanian linguists generally group it with other short vocative particles of the Balkan Sprachbund, such as Romanian "mă" and "bre", Bulgarian "бе/бре", and Greek "βρε", all used to hail or address someone bluntly. Because it is a spontaneous call word rather than an inherited noun or verb, it resists a clean derivation from Latin or a reconstructed Indo-European root.
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