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datorie
debt /da.toˈri.e/
noun#844 most common
Also: duty, obligation
Example sentences
Am o datorie la bancă.
I have a debt at the bank.
Este datoria mea să te ajut.
It's my duty to help you.
Trebuie să îmi plătesc datoriile până la sfârșitul lunii.
I have to pay off my debts by the end of the month.
Datoria de a-ți respecta părinții este importantă în cultura noastră.
The duty to respect your parents is important in our culture.
Guvernul a anunțat măsuri pentru reducerea datoriei publice.
The government announced measures to reduce the public debt.
Simțul datoriei l-a determinat să renunțe la propriile ambiții pentru binele familiei.
His sense of duty led him to give up his own ambitions for the good of the family.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | datorie | datorii |
| Genitive | datoriei | datoriilor |
| Accusative | datorie | datorii |
| Vocative | datorie | datorii |
Word family
datorindebted; a debtor
îndatoratindebted, obliged
a îndatorato place under obligation, to put into debt
datornicdebtor (regional)
Etymology
Datorie comes from the Romanian adjective and noun dator, meaning indebted or debtor, with the abstract-noun suffix -ie added to name the state or condition. Dator itself traces back to Latin, built on the verb dare, to give. The underlying idea is of something given that must be returned, which is how a financial debt and a moral duty came to share one word in Romanian.
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