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bucată
piece /buˈka.tə/
noun#1234 most common
Also: chunk, loaf (of bread), item (sold individually)
Example sentences
Vreau o bucată de pâine.
I want a piece of bread.
Ea a tăiat tortul în bucăți mici.
She cut the cake into small pieces.
Am cumpărat o bucată de brânză de la piață.
I bought a piece of cheese from the market.
Mașina s-a făcut bucăți în accident.
The car was smashed to pieces in the accident.
Fiecare bucată de pământ din regiune are o istorie proprie.
Every piece of land in the region has its own history.
Manuscrisul, rupt în bucăți de-a lungul secolelor, a fost reconstituit cu greu de istorici.
The manuscript, torn into pieces over the centuries, was reconstructed with great difficulty by historians.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | bucată | bucăți |
| Genitive | bucății | bucăților |
| Accusative | bucată | bucăți |
| Vocative | bucato | bucăților |
Word family
bucățicălittle piece, morsel
bucatedishes, prepared food (archaic/literary plural)
bucătarcookbucătăriekitchen
îmbucăturamouthful, bite (related formation)
Etymology
Bucată comes from Vulgar Latin buccata, a feminine derivative of bucca, meaning cheek or mouth. The original sense was close to mouthful, a piece of food that fits in the mouth. Over time the word broadened in Romanian to mean any piece, chunk, or item, and its old plural bucate came to mean prepared dishes or food in general.
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