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cautare
search /kəwˈtare/
noun#5165 most common
Also: seeking, quest, demand (commercial)
Example sentences
Fac o căutare rapidă pe telefon.
I do a quick search on my phone.
Sunt în căutarea unui loc de muncă.
I am searching for a job.
Căutarea cheilor pierdute a durat o oră.
The search for the lost keys took an hour.
Acest produs are mare căutare printre tineri.
This product is in high demand among young people.
Motorul de căutare a afișat mii de rezultate.
The search engine displayed thousands of results.
Căutarea neîncetată a sensului vieții l-a marcat profund.
The unceasing search for the meaning of life marked him deeply.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | căutare | căutări |
| Genitive | căutării | căutărilor |
| Accusative | căutare | căutări |
| Vocative | căutare | căutări |
Word family
a căutato search, to look for
căutatsought-after, in demand
căutătorsearcher, seeker
a răscăutato search thoroughly, to search everywhere
Etymology
Căutare is the noun form of the verb a căuta, to search or look for. Most Romance languages built their word for search on Latin quaerere (French chercher, Italian cercare), but Romanian took a different path: a căuta descends from a Latin frequentative of cavere, to be on guard or watch out. Over time the sense of watchful attention shifted to active searching. The noun căutare was then formed by adding the deverbal suffix -re to the infinitive stem, the same pattern that turns a mânca into mâncare.
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