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daună
damage /ˈdau̯.nə/
noun#4709 most common
Also: harm, loss, detriment
Example sentences
Mașina mea a suferit o daună.
My car suffered damage.
Compania de asigurări a plătit dauna.
The insurance company paid the damage claim.
Trebuie să raportați orice daună în 48 de ore.
You must report any damage within 48 hours.
Daunele provocate de furtună au fost uriașe.
The damage caused by the storm was huge.
Valoarea daunei a fost calculată de un expert.
The value of the damage was calculated by an expert.
Instanța i-a obligat pe pârâți să plătească daune morale, în dauna intereselor reclamantului.
The court ordered the defendants to pay moral damages, to the detriment of the plaintiff's interests.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | daună | daune |
| Genitive | daunei | daunelor |
| Accusative | daună | daune |
| Vocative | daună | daune |
Word family
a dăunato harm, to be detrimental to
dăunătorharmful
nedăunătorharmless
dăunarethe act of causing harm (rare)
Etymology
Daună is an old word in Romanian's non-Latin substrate vocabulary, most Romanian dictionaries trace it to a Slavic source rather than to Latin. It is closely tied to the verb a dăuna, meaning to harm or be detrimental. Over time it settled into its main modern role as the standard legal and insurance term for damage or loss. Its exact deeper origin beyond the Slavic layer is not firmly established.
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