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chef
mood to do something, urge; also a party or feast /ˈtʃef/
noun#1701 most common
Also: desire, inclination, revelry, spree
Example sentences
Am chef de o cafea.
I feel like having a coffee.
Nu am chef de muncă azi.
I don't feel like working today.
Diseară facem un chef mare la mine acasă.
Tonight we're throwing a big party at my place.
După atâta muncă, ne-a venit chef de o vacanță.
After so much work, we got the urge for a vacation.
Cheful de petrecere i-a cuprins pe toți invitații.
The party mood took hold of all the guests.
Deși vremea era mohorâtă, nimic nu le-a stricat cheful de a sărbători până în zori.
Although the weather was gloomy, nothing spoiled their mood to celebrate until dawn.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | chef | chefuri |
| Genitive | chefului | chefurilor |
| Accusative | chef | chefuri |
| Vocative | chef | chefuri |
Word family
a chefuito party, to feast heartily
chefliureveler, party-loving
chefuitorone who parties or feasts
a avea chefto feel like doing something
Etymology
Chef entered Romanian from Ottoman Turkish keyif, a word for pleasure, ease, or good mood. Turkish itself borrowed it from Arabic kayf, meaning well-being or state of mind. The word spread across the Balkans during centuries of Ottoman contact, landing in Romanian with two linked senses: an inner urge to do something, and the outward party or feast that satisfies that urge.
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