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barbă
beard /ˈbar.bə/
noun#3582 most common
Example sentences
Tata are barbă.
Dad has a beard.
Bunicul meu are o barbă albă.
My grandfather has a white beard.
Își lasă barbă de câteva luni.
He's been growing a beard for a few months.
Bărbatul cu barbă lungă stătea lângă fereastră.
The man with a long beard stood by the window.
Și-a tuns barba înainte de nuntă.
He trimmed his beard before the wedding.
Filosoful, cunoscut pentru barba lui stufoasă, obișnuia să mediteze ore în șir.
The philosopher, known for his bushy beard, used to meditate for hours on end.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | barbă | bărbi |
| Genitive | bărbii | bărbilor |
| Accusative | barbă | bărbi |
| Vocative | barbo | bărbilor |
Word family
bărbosbearded, shaggy
bărbiechin
bărbierbarber
a bărbierito shave
bărbuțălittle beard, goatee
Etymology
Barbă comes directly from Latin barba, meaning beard. The word survived largely unchanged through the evolution of Romanian from Vulgar Latin. It has close relatives in every other Romance language, since they all inherited the same Latin root.
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