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beată
drunk /ˈbe̯a.tə/
adjective#4901 most common
Also: intoxicated, tipsy
Example sentences
Maria este beată.
Maria is drunk.
Nu pot să conduc, sunt beată.
I can't drive, I'm drunk.
S-a făcut beată după trei pahare de vin.
She got drunk after three glasses of wine.
Fetele erau bete și cântau pe stradă.
The girls were drunk and singing in the street.
Deși încerca să pară trează, toată lumea își dădea seama că era beată.
Although she tried to seem sober, everyone could tell she was drunk.
Vecina noastră, beată criță, a bătut la ușă la miezul nopții, jurând că a pierdut cheile.
Our neighbor, dead drunk, knocked on the door at midnight, swearing she had lost her keys.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | beată | bete |
| Genitive | bete | bete |
| Accusative | beată | bete |
| Vocative | beată | bete |
Word family
Etymology
Beată is the feminine form of beat, which comes from the Latin past participle bibitus, from bibere, meaning to drink. The same Latin root gave Romanian a bea, meaning to drink. Over time the participle hardened into a plain adjective describing a state rather than an action just completed.
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