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curios

curious /kuˈri.os/

adjective#2561 most common

Also: inquisitive, nosy, curiously (as an adverb, sentence-initial)

Example sentences

Copilul este curios.
The child is curious.
Sunt curios ce se întâmplă.
I'm curious what's happening.
Ea este foarte curioasă despre viața ta.
She is very curious about your life.
Copiii curioși pun multe întrebări.
Curious children ask a lot of questions.
Curios lucru, nimeni nu a observat schimbarea.
Curiously, no one noticed the change.
Firea lui curioasă l-a împins să exploreze fiecare colț al bibliotecii vechi.
His curious nature pushed him to explore every corner of the old library.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativecurioscurioși
Genitivecurioscurioși
Accusativecurioscurioși
Vocativecuriosulecurioșilor

Word family

curiozitatecuriosity
curioasăcurious (feminine singular)
curioșicurious (masculine plural)
curiozitățicuriosities, curios items

Etymology

Curios comes from Latin curiosus, meaning careful or inquisitive, itself built on cura, care or concern. The word likely reached Romanian both through direct Latin inheritance and through later French influence (curieux), which reinforced its modern sense. The same Latin root gave English curious and French curieux, making this one of the more transparent Latin-derived words in Romanian.

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