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baftă
luck /ˈbaf.tə/
noun#3874 most common
Also: good fortune, good luck (as a wish)
Example sentences
Baftă!
Good luck!
Baftă la examen!
Good luck on the exam!
Am avut baftă azi.
I was lucky today.
N-am avut deloc baftă la interviu.
I had no luck at all at the interview.
Bafta lui s-a schimbat brusc după acel meci.
His luck changed suddenly after that match.
Mulțumită baftei, proiectul a ieșit bine, deși nimic nu fusese planificat cum trebuie.
Thanks to luck, the project turned out well, even though nothing had been planned properly.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | baftă | bafte |
| Genitive | bafte | bafte |
| Accusative | baftă | bafte |
| Vocative | bafto | baftelor |
Word family
baftăluck
baftoslucky, fortunate (colloquial)
baftoasălucky, fortunate (feminine form)
a avea baftăto be lucky
Etymology
Baftă entered Romanian from Turkish baht, meaning luck or fortune, during the long period of Ottoman contact in the Balkans that left Romanian with many everyday loanwords. Turkish baht itself came from Persian bakht, luck or fate. The word stayed casual in Romanian, used mostly in speech rather than formal writing, especially in the exclamation Baftă!, meaning Good luck!
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