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escortă
escort (a person or group accompanying someone for protection or guidance) /esˈkortə/
noun#4441 most common
Also: convoy guard, protective detail
Example sentences
Mașina are o escortă.
The car has an escort.
Președintele are o escortă mare.
The president has a large escort.
Escorta a ajuns la aeroport înainte de avion.
The escort arrived at the airport before the plane.
Camionul cu explozibili circula sub escortă militară.
The truck carrying explosives traveled under military escort.
Ministrul a cerut o escortă suplimentară după ce a primit amenințări.
The minister requested an additional escort after receiving threats.
Convoiul diplomatic, însoțit de o escortă discretă dar bine înarmată, a traversat granița fără incidente.
The diplomatic convoy, accompanied by a discreet but well-armed escort, crossed the border without incidents.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | escorta | escortele |
| Genitive | escortei | escortelor |
| Accusative | escorta | escortele |
| Vocative | escorto | escortelor |
Word family
a escortato escort
escortatescorted
escortarethe act of escorting
neescortatunescorted
Etymology
Romanian borrowed "escortă" from French "escorte" in the 19th century, during the wave of French loanwords that reshaped Romanian vocabulary. The French word came from Italian "scorta", a noun tied to the verb "scorgere", meaning to guide or make out. That verb traces back to Vulgar Latin, built on the same root as Latin "corrigere" and "regere", both meaning to guide or set straight.
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