Learn Romanian › capăt
capăt
end (of something), extremity /ˈkapət/
noun#881 most common
Also: tip, edge, far end
Example sentences
Aici este capătul drumului.
Here is the end of the road.
Copilul stă la celălalt capăt al mesei.
The child is sitting at the other end of the table.
Am mers până la capătul potecii.
I walked to the end of the path.
Firul electric are un capăt dezizolat.
The electric wire has a stripped end.
A ajuns la capătul răbdării cu colegii lui.
He reached the end of his patience with his colleagues.
A citit romanul de la un capăt la altul într-o singură noapte.
She read the novel from cover to cover in a single night.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | capăt | capete |
| Genitive | capătului | capetelor |
| Accusative | capăt | capete |
| Vocative | capăt | capete |
Word family
caphead
căpătâihead of a bed; source, starting point
a căpătato obtain, to get
căpeteniechieftain, leader
Etymology
Capăt comes from Latin caput, meaning head, through a Vulgar Latin form capitum. The same Latin root gave Romanian cap, meaning head. Over time the derived form capăt narrowed to the concrete sense of the extremity or endpoint of something, a natural extension from head as the topmost or foremost part.
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