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etapă
stage /eˈtapə/
noun#3798 most common
Also: phase, step, leg (of a journey or race)
Example sentences
Aceasta este prima etapă a proiectului.
This is the first stage of the project.
Copilul trece printr-o etapă dificilă acum.
The child is going through a difficult stage now.
Cursa are cinci etape.
The race has five stages.
Negocierile au ajuns într-o etapă decisivă.
The negotiations have reached a decisive stage.
Reforma va fi pusă în aplicare în mai multe etape, pentru a reduce riscurile.
The reform will be implemented in several stages, in order to reduce risks.
Fiecare etapă a acestui proces necesită o evaluare riguroasă înainte de a trece la următoarea, altfel riști să repeți greșelile anterioare.
Each stage of this process requires a rigorous evaluation before moving to the next, otherwise you risk repeating earlier mistakes.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | etapa | etapele |
| Genitive | etapei | etapelor |
| Accusative | etapa | etapele |
| Vocative | etapo | etapelor |
Word family
etapizarethe act of dividing something into stages
a etapizato divide into stages, to phase in
etapizatcarried out in stages, phased
pe etapein stages, step by step (fixed phrase)
Etymology
Romanian borrowed "etapă" from French "étape" in the nineteenth century, during a period when Romanian absorbed many French words as part of its modernization. French "étape" first meant a stopping point where troops on the march picked up supplies, and it later widened to mean any stage of a journey or process. French itself took the word from Middle Dutch "stapel", a storehouse or market.
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