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emoție

emotion /e.moˈtsi.e/

noun#2488 most common

Also: nervousness, stage fright, feeling

Example sentences

Simt o emoție puternică.
I feel a strong emotion.
Am mare emoție înainte de examen.
I am very nervous before the exam.
Actrița și-a ascuns emoția în timpul discursului.
The actress hid her emotion during the speech.
Vocea îi tremura de emoție când a citit scrisoarea.
His voice trembled with emotion as he read the letter.
Emoția resimțită de spectatori la finalul filmului a fost copleșitoare.
The emotion felt by the audience at the end of the film was overwhelming.
Filozofii dezbat de secole rolul emoției în luarea deciziilor raționale.
Philosophers have debated for centuries the role of emotion in rational decision-making.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeemoțieemoții
Genitiveemoțieiemoțiilor
Accusativeemoțieemoții
Vocativeemoțieemoții

Word family

emoționalemotional
a emoționato move, to touch emotionally
emoționantmoving, touching
emoționatmoved, nervous, excited

Etymology

Romanian borrowed "emoție" from French "émotion" in the nineteenth century, during a period when Romanian intellectuals reshaped the language on French and Latin models. The French word traces to Latin "emovere", meaning to move out or stir up, built from the prefix "ex-" (out) and "movere" (to move). The core idea is a feeling that stirs and moves a person, much like the English word "emotion" from the same root.

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