Learn Romanian › coastă
coastă
rib /ˈko̯astə/
noun#1550 most common
Also: hillside, slope, coast, seashore
Example sentences
Mă doare o coastă.
One of my ribs hurts.
Casa lor este pe coasta dealului.
Their house is on the hillside.
Medicul a găsit o coastă ruptă pe radiografie.
The doctor found a broken rib on the X-ray.
Ne-am plimbat de-a lungul coastei mării la asfințit.
We walked along the seacoast at sunset.
Coastele îi erau vizibile din cauza slăbirii accentuate.
His ribs were visible because of his severe weight loss.
Satul se întindea pe coasta abruptă a muntelui, unde coastele stâncoase coborau brusc spre vale.
The village stretched along the steep mountainside, where the rocky slopes dropped abruptly toward the valley.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | coastă | coaste |
| Genitive | coaste | coaste |
| Accusative | coastă | coaste |
| Vocative | coastă | coaste |
Word family
costițăsmall rib, spare rib (as food)
a acostato dock or moor alongside
costișăsmall hill, hillside (regional)
coastă în coastăside by side (set phrase)
Etymology
Coastă comes from the Latin costa, meaning rib or side. Romance languages kept both the anatomical sense and a geographic one, since a hillside or coastline is, in effect, the side of a hill or a landmass. Romanian inherited both meanings directly from Latin, without a break in continuity.
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