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distantă
distant, aloof (feminine form) /disˈtantə/
adjective#3606 most common
Also: reserved, cold (in manner), standoffish
Example sentences
Ea este distantă.
She is distant.
Maria pare distantă azi.
Maria seems distant today.
Colega mea este mereu distantă cu noi.
My colleague is always distant with us.
Atitudinea ei distantă i-a surprins pe toți la petrecere.
Her distant attitude surprised everyone at the party.
Deși politicoasă, rămâne o persoană distantă și greu de apropiat.
Although polite, she remains a distant person, hard to get close to.
Relația lor, odinioară apropiată, a devenit treptat rece și distantă după despărțire.
Their relationship, once close, gradually grew cold and distant after the breakup.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | distantă | distante |
| Genitive | distante | distante |
| Accusative | distantă | distante |
| Vocative | distantă | distante |
Word family
distantdistant, aloof (masculine)
distanțădistancea se distanțato distance oneself
distanțarethe act of distancing, spacing
distanțatspaced out, kept at a distance
Etymology
Romanian borrowed this adjective from French "distant", which traces back to Latin "distans/distantem", the present participle of "distare", meaning to stand apart. The root verb combines "dis-" (apart) with "stare" (to stand). "Distantă" is simply the feminine singular form, made by adding the standard "-ă" ending.
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