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drăgut
cute, nice, sweet /drəˈɡut͡s/
adjective#4954 most common
Also: lovely, pleasant, kind (of a gesture)
Example sentences
Ea are o pisică drăguță.
She has a cute cat.
Este un băiat foarte drăguț.
He is a very nice boy.
Ce drăguț din partea ta să mă ajuți!
How nice of you to help me!
Am găsit un restaurant drăguț lângă mare.
We found a nice restaurant near the sea.
Deși gestul lui părea drăguț, ascundea o urmă de ironie.
Although his gesture seemed nice, it hid a trace of irony.
Colegii ei, drăguți la prima vedere, s-au dovedit cu totul altfel după câteva luni de proiect comun.
Her colleagues, nice at first glance, turned out to be completely different after a few months of a joint project.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | drăguț | drăguți |
| Genitive | drăguț | drăguți |
| Accusative | drăguț | drăguți |
| Vocative | drăguțule | drăguților |
Word family
dragdear, beloveddragostelove
drăgălașcute, lovely
a îndrăgito grow fond of
drăguțăcute, nice (feminine form)Etymology
Drăguț is built from drag, meaning dear or beloved, plus the diminutive suffix -uț. Drag itself was borrowed from a Slavic source close to Old Church Slavonic dorgŭ, meaning dear or costly. The diminutive ending softens the word, turning dear into something closer to cute or sweet.
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