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dragoste
love /ˈdraɡoste/
noun#404 most common
Also: affection, romance
Example sentences
Eu simt dragoste pentru familia mea.
I feel love for my family.
Dragostea este un sentiment frumos.
Love is a beautiful feeling.
Ea i-a scris o scrisoare de dragoste.
She wrote him a love letter.
Dragostea lor a rezistat multor greutăți de-a lungul anilor.
Their love withstood many hardships over the years.
Poetul a dedicat multe versuri puterii nemărginite a dragostei.
The poet dedicated many verses to the boundless power of love.
Filosofii au dezbătut secole la rând dacă dragostea e o alegere rațională sau o forță instinctuală ce ne depășește voința.
Philosophers have debated for centuries whether love is a rational choice or an instinctual force that outstrips our will.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | dragoste | dragoste |
| Genitive | dragostei | dragostelor |
| Accusative | dragoste | dragoste |
| Vocative | dragoste | dragoste |
Word family
dragdear, beloved
a iubito love (near-synonym root)
îndrăgostito fall in loveîndrăgostitin love; lover
drăguțcute, niceEtymology
Dragoste is built on the adjective drag, meaning dear or beloved, which Romanian took from a Slavic source (compare the Slavic root seen in Russian dorogoy and Bulgarian drag, both meaning dear or precious). The abstract noun suffix -oste, of Slavic origin as well, turns drag into a noun naming the state of holding someone dear. Some dictionaries treat dragoste as a direct borrowing of a Slavic word for love rather than a Romanian-made compound, but either way its root sense is the same.
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