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braț
arm /ˈbrat͡s/
noun#1193 most common
Also: branch (of a river), arm (of a chair, scale, etc.)
Example sentences
Copilul ridică brațul.
The child raises his arm.
Mă doare brațul stâng.
My left arm hurts.
L-a luat de braț și l-a condus afară.
She took him by the arm and led him outside.
Dunărea se varsă în mare prin trei brațe.
The Danube flows into the sea through three branches.
Brațul mecanic al robotului a fost proiectat pentru a ridica greutăți de până la o tonă.
The robot's mechanical arm was designed to lift weights of up to one ton.
Deși brațul îi fusese amputat cu ani în urmă, veteranul continua să simtă dureri fantomă.
Although his arm had been amputated years earlier, the veteran still felt phantom pains.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | brațul | brațele |
| Genitive | brațului | brațelor |
| Accusative | brațul | brațele |
| Vocative | braț | brațe |
Word family
brățarăbracelet
antebrațforearm
îmbrățișato embrace, to hug
îmbrățișareembrace, hug
Etymology
Braț descends from Latin bracchium, meaning arm. Latin borrowed the word from Greek brakhíōn, which originally meant upper arm and was a comparative form of brakhys, short. The name likely reflects that the upper arm bone is shorter than the forearm.
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