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eroare

error, mistake /eroˈa.re/

noun#2962 most common

Also: mistake, fault, flaw

Example sentences

Am făcut o eroare.
I made a mistake.
Eroarea mea a fost mică.
My mistake was small.
Computerul a afișat un mesaj de eroare.
The computer displayed an error message.
Din cauza unei erori de tipar, cartea a fost retrasă din librării.
Because of a printing error, the book was withdrawn from bookstores.
Analiza a scos la iveală mai multe erori sistematice în raportul financiar.
The analysis revealed several systematic errors in the financial report.
Judecătorul a recunoscut că sentința se baza pe o eroare judiciară greu de reparat.
The judge admitted that the sentence rested on a judicial error that was hard to undo.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeeroareerori
Genitiveerorierorilor
Accusativeeroareerori
Vocativeeroareerori

Word family

eronaterroneous, mistaken
eratăerrata, list of corrections
greșealămistake (everyday near-synonym, different root)
a greșito make a mistake, to err (different root)

Etymology

Eroare comes from Latin error, errorem, a noun built on the verb errare, to wander or to stray. Romanian likely took the word from French erreur during the nineteenth-century push to modernize its vocabulary, rather than inheriting it directly from spoken Latin. That path explains its close resemblance to the French and English forms, unlike older, more worn-down native words.

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