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dragută

cute, pretty, sweet (feminine adjective) /drəˈɡut͡sə/

adjective#3664 most common

Also: lovely, nice, sweetheart (as a term of address)

Example sentences

Ea este drăguță.
She is cute.
Am o pisică drăguță.
I have a cute cat.
Vânzătoarea a fost foarte drăguță cu mine.
The saleswoman was very kind to me.
Mi s-a părut o poveste drăguță, chiar dacă puțin previzibilă.
I found it a nice story, even if a bit predictable.
Atenția ei drăguță față de colegii noi ascundea, de fapt, dorința de a fi plăcută de toți.
Her sweet attentiveness toward the new colleagues actually hid a desire to be liked by everyone.
Deși replica ei drăguță a stârnit zâmbete în sală, subtextul ironic nu a scăpat nimănui dintre cei atenți.
Although her cute remark drew smiles in the room, the ironic subtext escaped no one who was paying attention.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativedrăguțădrăguțe
Genitivedrăguțedrăguțe
Accusativedrăguțădrăguțe
Vocativedrăguțodrăguțelor

Word family

dragdeardrăguțcute (masculine)dragostelove
a îndrăgito grow fond of
drăgălașadorable

Etymology

Drăguță is the feminine form of drăguț, built from drag, an old borrowing from Slavic meaning dear or precious, plus the diminutive suffix -uț/-uță. The diminutive softens the word, turning dear into something closer to cute or sweet. This kind of suffix is extremely productive in Romanian and shows up across nouns and adjectives alike.

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