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curând
soon /kuˈrɨnd/
adverb#442 most common
Also: shortly, before long
Example sentences
Vin curând.
I'm coming soon.
Voi termina tema curând.
I will finish my homework soon.
Sper să te văd curând.
I hope to see you soon.
Curând vom afla rezultatele examenului.
Soon we will find out the exam results.
Nu credeam că vremea se va schimba atât de curând.
I didn't think the weather would change so soon.
Evenimentele s-au precipitat mai curând decât ne-am fi așteptat, lăsându-ne fără timp de pregătire.
Events unfolded sooner than we would have expected, leaving us with no time to prepare.
Word family
curgeto flowcurentcurrentcursărace, route, flight
concurentcompetitor
decurgeto proceed, to unfold (of events)
Etymology
Curând comes from the Latin gerund currendum, from currere, meaning to run. The original sense was literally in running, or at a run. Over time this shifted from describing manner to describing time: something done at a run happens quickly, so the word came to mean soon.
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