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dumneavoastră
you (formal, singular or plural) /ˌdum.ne̯a.ˈvo̯as.trə/
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Also: your honor (literal, archaic), you (polite address)
Example sentences
Dumneavoastră cum vă numiți?
What is your name?
De unde sunteți dumneavoastră?
Where are you from?
Vă rog să vă așezați, dumneavoastră și colegii dumneavoastră.
Please sit down, you and your colleagues.
Este aceasta valiza dumneavoastră?
Is this suitcase yours?
Dumneavoastră, ca reprezentant al companiei, trebuie să semnați acest contract.
You, as the company's representative, must sign this contract.
Dacă dumneavoastră considerați că decizia a fost greșită, aveți dreptul să depuneți o contestație în termen de treizeci de zile.
If you consider that the decision was wrong, you have the right to file an appeal within thirty days.
Word family
domnlord, gentleman, Mr.dumneatayou (formal singular, more familiar than dumneavoastră)
dumnealuihe (formal, honorific)
dumneaeishe (formal, honorific)
dumnealorthey (formal, honorific)
Etymology
Dumneavoastră grew out of the phrase domnia voastră, meaning your lordship or your grace, once used to address nobles and superiors. Over centuries of everyday speech the phrase fused into a single word and softened into the standard polite pronoun for you. Romanian built a whole family of these honorific pronouns the same way, one for each person: dumneata, dumnealui, dumneaei, dumnealor.
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