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des
often /ˈdes/
adverb#1280 most common
Also: frequently, dense, thick (as an adjective)
Example sentences
Merg des la piață.
I often go to the market.
Ea îmi scrie des scrisori.
She often writes me letters.
Vorbim des la telefon, deși locuim departe.
We talk on the phone often, even though we live far apart.
Cu cât exersezi mai des, cu atât înveți mai repede.
The more often you practice, the faster you learn.
Profesorul ne recomanda să repetăm des cuvintele noi, ca să nu le uităm.
The teacher recommended that we repeat new words often, so we would not forget them.
Deși își promisese să scrie des, corespondența lor a devenit tot mai rară cu trecerea anilor.
Although she had promised to write often, their correspondence grew rarer with the passing years.
Word family
deasădense, thick (feminine singular)
desedense, thick (plural)
desimedensity, thickness
a îndesato pack tightly, to cram
îndesatstocky, tightly packed
Etymology
Des comes from the Latin adjective densus, meaning dense or thick. Romanian kept the core sense of things packed closely together, and extended it to time: events that recur close together become events that happen often. The adjective and adverb uses in modern Romanian both trace back to this single Latin source.
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