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căldură

heat, warmth /kəlˈdurə/

noun#2133 most common

Also: heat wave (in plural, colloquial), warmth (emotional)

Example sentences

Afară este multă căldură.

Outside there is a lot of heat.

Îmi place căldura verii.

I like the warmth of summer.

Copiii se joacă afară în ciuda căldurii.

The children play outside despite the heat.

Căldura din această cameră este insuportabilă.

The heat in this room is unbearable.

L-a primit cu multă căldură sufletească.

She welcomed him with great warmth of heart.

Vorbea despre trecut cu o căldură care trăda nostalgia ascunsă sub aparenta indiferență.

He spoke of the past with a warmth that betrayed the nostalgia hidden beneath his apparent indifference.

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	căldură	călduri
Genitive	căldurii	căldurilor
Accusative	căldură	călduri
Vocative	căldură	călduri

Word family

caldwarm, hot

a încălzito warm up, to heat

încălzireheating, warming

călduroswarm, cordial (of a welcome or person)

căldicellukewarm

Etymology

Căldură is built inside Romanian from the adjective cald, meaning warm, plus the suffix -ură, which turns adjectives into abstract nouns. Cald itself comes from Latin calidus, meaning warm or hot. The same Latin root gave English words like cauldron, through Latin caldaria, a vessel for heating things.

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