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clipă
moment, instant /ˈkli.pə/
noun#571 most common
Also: a while, the blink of an eye
Example sentences
Aceasta este o clipă frumoasă.
This is a beautiful moment.
Așteaptă o clipă, te rog.
Wait a moment, please.
Nu am nicio clipă liberă azi.
I don't have a single free moment today.
Într-o clipă, totul s-a schimbat.
In an instant, everything changed.
A rămas nemișcat câteva clipe, încercând să înțeleagă ce se întâmplase.
He stood motionless for a few moments, trying to understand what had happened.
De-a lungul vieții, înveți să prețuiești fiecare clipă, oricât de trecătoare ar fi ea.
Throughout life, you learn to cherish every moment, however fleeting it may be.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | clipă | clipe |
| Genitive | clipe | clipe |
| Accusative | clipă | clipe |
| Vocative | clipo | clipe |
Word family
a clipito blink
clipealăa blink, a flicker
clipităan instant (as in într-o clipită, in a flash)
clipitorblinking, flashing (e.g. a warning light)
Etymology
Clipă is formed from the Romanian verb a clipi, meaning to blink, plus the feminine noun suffix -ă. Romanian dictionaries treat a clipi as a native expressive or onomatopoeic formation rather than a borrowing with a clear foreign source. The noun captures the idea of time as short as an eye blink, so clipă came to mean a brief moment or instant.
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