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drog
drug (narcotic substance) /drog/
noun#651 most common
Also: dope, narcotic
Example sentences
Drogul este interzis.
The drug is forbidden.
El a folosit un drog puternic.
He used a strong drug.
Drogurile pot distruge o viață.
Drugs can destroy a life.
Poliția a confiscat un transport mare de droguri.
The police confiscated a large shipment of drugs.
Dependența de droguri afectează milioane de oameni în fiecare an.
Drug addiction affects millions of people every year.
Traficul de droguri rămâne una dintre cele mai profitabile activități ale crimei organizate la nivel mondial.
Drug trafficking remains one of the most profitable activities of organized crime worldwide.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | drog | droguri |
| Genitive | drogului | drogurilor |
| Accusative | drog | droguri |
| Vocative | drog | droguri |
Word family
a drogato drug, to dope
drogatdrugged; drug addict, someone highdrogodependențădrug addiction
antidroganti-drug (e.g. antidrug police unit)
drogheriedrugstore, shop selling household chemicals and toiletries
Etymology
Romanian borrowed "drog" from French "drogue" in the modern era, as part of a wave of French vocabulary that entered Romanian in the 19th century. The French word itself has a disputed origin, possibly from Middle Dutch "droge (vate)", meaning "dry (barrels)", a reference to how goods and spices were once shipped and stored. Because the word arrived through borrowing rather than direct inheritance, it has no reconstructed Proto-Indo-European root.
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