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dorintă
wish /doˈrint͡sə/
noun#4433 most common
Also: desire, craving
Example sentences
Am o dorință simplă.
I have a simple wish.
Dorința mea este să călătoresc mult.
My wish is to travel a lot.
El și-a împlinit dorința de a deveni medic.
He fulfilled his wish to become a doctor.
Copiii au multe dorințe pentru ziua de naștere.
Children have many wishes for their birthday.
Dorința ei de libertate a fost mai puternică decât frica.
Her desire for freedom was stronger than her fear.
Realizarea dorințelor omenești rămâne, adesea, un ideal greu de atins în fața constrângerilor sociale.
The fulfillment of human desires often remains an ideal that is hard to reach in the face of social constraints.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | dorință | dorințe |
| Genitive | dorinței | dorințelor |
| Accusative | dorință | dorințe |
| Vocative | dorință | dorințelor |
Word family
a dorito wish, to want
dorlonging, ache of missing something or someonedorniceager, keen
doritorwilling, wishful
doritwished-for, desiredEtymology
Dorință is built from the verb a dori, meaning to wish or to desire, plus the noun-forming suffix -ință. That suffix, related to Latin -entia, turns verbs into abstract nouns and appears in words like ființă (being) and cunoștință (acquaintance). The origin of the verb a dori itself is debated among Romanian etymologists, so no single root can be stated with confidence.
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