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barbati
men /bərˈbat͡sʲ/
noun#4561 most common
Also: husbands, males
Example sentences
Doi bărbați stau la masă.
Two men are sitting at the table.
Bărbații lucrează în oraș.
The men work in the city.
Mulți bărbați poartă costum la birou.
Many men wear a suit at the office.
Bărbații din sat obișnuiau să vâneze iarna.
The men from the village used to hunt in winter.
Rolurile tradiționale ale bărbaților s-au schimbat mult în ultimele decenii.
The traditional roles of men have changed a lot in recent decades.
Discursul despre masculinitate îi determină pe unii bărbați să își ascundă emoțiile.
The discourse on masculinity leads some men to hide their emotions.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | bărbat | bărbați |
| Genitive | bărbat | bărbați |
| Accusative | bărbat | bărbați |
| Vocative | bărbate | bărbaților |
Word family
bărbatman (singular)
bărbățiemanliness, virility
bărbătescmanly, masculine
bărbăteștein a manly way, bravely
bărbosbearded, hairy
Etymology
Bărbat descends from the Latin adjective barbatus, meaning bearded, itself from barba, beard. Romanian kept the word as its everyday noun for man, while other Romance languages kept it mostly as an adjective for describing beards. The shift from adjective to noun happened within Romanian, likely as a polite or descriptive term for an adult male.
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