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dragut

cute, nice /draˈɡuts/

adjective#2007 most common

Also: sweet, kind, lovely

Example sentences

Câinele este drăguț.
The dog is cute.
Ea are o rochie drăguță.
She has a cute dress.
Este foarte drăguț din partea ta să mă ajuți.
It's very kind of you to help me.
Copiii aceia sunt foarte drăguți.
Those children are very cute.
Mi s-a părut drăguț gestul lui, deși puțin stângaci.
His gesture seemed sweet to me, though a bit awkward.
Deși criticii l-au considerat superficial, filmul rămâne un drăguț omagiu adus copilăriei.
Although critics found it superficial, the film remains a nice tribute to childhood.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativedrăguț (m) / drăguță (f)drăguți (m) / drăguțe (f)
Genitivedrăguț (m) / drăguțe (f)drăguți (m) / drăguțe (f)
Accusativedrăguț (m) / drăguță (f)drăguți (m) / drăguțe (f)
Vocativedrăguțule (m) / drăguțo (f)drăguților (m) / drăguțelor (f)

Word family

dragdear, beloveddragostelove
a îndrăgito grow fond of
drăgălașadorable, sweet
îndrăgostitin love

Etymology

Drăguț is built on drag, meaning dear or beloved, which Romanian borrowed from Old Slavic dragŭ. Adding the diminutive suffix -uț softens the word, turning dear into cute or nice. The same suffix appears in many Romanian diminutives, so drăguț reads almost like a gentler, smaller version of drag.

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