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compasiune
compassion /kom.paˈsju.ne/
noun#5006 most common
Also: pity, sympathy
Example sentences
Am compasiune pentru tine.
I have compassion for you.
Medicul a tratat pacientul cu multă compasiune.
The doctor treated the patient with great compassion.
Nu simt nicio compasiune pentru oamenii care mint.
I feel no compassion for people who lie.
Compasiunea față de animale este un semn de umanitate.
Compassion for animals is a sign of humanity.
Filosofii au dezbătut îndelung dacă compasiunea este o virtute înnăscută sau una cultivată.
Philosophers have long debated whether compassion is an innate virtue or a cultivated one.
Compasiunea, atunci când nu este dublată de acțiune, riscă să rămână doar un sentiment steril, lipsit de consecințe reale.
Compassion, when not matched by action, risks remaining just a sterile feeling with no real consequences.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | compasiune | compasiuni |
| Genitive | compasiunii | compasiunilor |
| Accusative | compasiune | compasiuni |
| Vocative | compasiune | compasiuni |
Word family
compătimito sympathize with, pity
compătimirethe act of sympathizing
compătimitorcompassionate, sympathetic
compasionalrelating to compassion (rare, technical use)
Etymology
Compasiune entered Romanian in the nineteenth century as part of the wave of French and Latin borrowings that modernized the language. It traces to Latin compassio, compassionem, itself built from com- ("together") and pati ("to suffer"). The word largely replaced or sits alongside the older native term milă ("pity") in formal registers.
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