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ciudă
spite, vexation /ˈtʃudə/
noun#2111 most common
Also: chagrin, resentment, annoyance
Example sentences
Am ciudă pe fratele meu.
I'm annoyed with my brother.
Mi-e ciudă că am pierdut jocul.
I'm vexed that I lost the game.
A făcut asta doar ca să-mi facă în ciudă.
He did that just to spite me.
În ciuda ploii, am ieșit la plimbare.
Despite the rain, we went for a walk.
Spre ciuda tuturor, echipa a câștigat campionatul.
To everyone's chagrin, the team won the championship.
Ciuda ei crescândă față de nedreptatea sistemului a împins-o să acționeze.
Her growing resentment toward the injustice of the system pushed her to act.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ciudă | ciude |
| Genitive | ciude | ciude |
| Accusative | ciudă | ciude |
| Vocative | ciudo | ciude |
Word family
ciudatstrange, odd
ciudățenieoddity, strangeness
în ciudadespite, in spite of
a face (cuiva) în ciudăto do something to spite someone
Etymology
Ciudă entered Romanian from Old Slavic chudo, meaning wonder or marvel. The sense drifted from a strange or marvelous thing to the strangeness that provokes envy, and then to the sting of vexation or spite felt today. The adjective ciudat, meaning strange, comes from the same Slavic root and still carries the older sense.
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