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buză
lip /ˈbu.zə/
noun#2050 most common
Also: edge or rim (of a cliff, glass, etc.)
Example sentences
Fata are buze roșii.
The girl has red lips.
Mă doare buza de jos.
My lower lip hurts.
Și-a mușcat buza pentru că era nervoasă.
She bit her lip because she was nervous.
Vestea e deja pe buzele tuturor în sat.
The news is already on everyone's lips in the village.
Zâmbetul i-a înghețat pe buze când a auzit vestea.
The smile froze on her lips when she heard the news.
S-a oprit chiar în buza prăpastiei, la un pas de moarte.
He stopped right at the edge of the abyss, a step from death.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | buză | buze |
| Genitive | buze | buze |
| Accusative | buză | buze |
| Vocative | buzo | buze |
Word family
buzatthick-lipped, having big lips
buzișoarălittle lip, small lip (diminutive)
a fi cu buza umflatăto sulk, to be disappointed (literally: to have a swollen lip)
pe buzeon everyone's lips, widely talked about
Etymology
Buză is not a Latin word. It comes from the pre-Roman substrate language spoken in the Carpathian region before Roman conquest, the same layer that gave Romanian words like brad and mal. Its closest known relative is Albanian, which points to a shared Balkan substrate source rather than direct inheritance from Latin.
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