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drăguț
nice, cute /drəˈɡuts/
adjective#564 most common
Also: sweet, lovely, pleasant, kind (of a gesture)
Example sentences
Ea este drăguță.
She is nice.
Ai un câine drăguț.
You have a cute dog.
A fost foarte drăguț din partea ta să mă ajuți.
It was very kind of you to help me.
Casa lor este mică, dar drăguță.
Their house is small but nice.
Deși părea drăguț, comportamentul lui ascundea o răutate.
Although he seemed nice, his behavior hid a streak of cruelty.
Zâmbetul ei drăguț nu reușea să ascundă îngrijorarea profundă care o măcina.
Her sweet smile could not hide the deep worry gnawing at her.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | drăguț / drăguță | drăguți / drăguțe |
| Genitive | drăguț / drăguțe | drăguți / drăguțe |
| Accusative | drăguț / drăguță | drăguți / drăguțe |
| Vocative | drăguțule / drăguțo | drăguților / drăguțelor |
Word family
dragdear, beloveddragostelove
drăgălașcute, adorable
îndrăgito grow fond of
drăgălășeniecuteness, charm
Etymology
Drăguț is built on drag, an old borrowing from Slavic meaning dear or beloved, plus the diminutive suffix -uț. The suffix softens the meaning from dear to something closer to nice or cute. This kind of Slavic-plus-native-suffix formation is common in Romanian, which absorbed a large Slavic vocabulary layer in the early medieval period.
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