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expresie
expression /eks.preˈsi.e/
noun#3386 most common
Also: facial expression, idiom/phrase, term (in math or language)
Example sentences
Aceasta este o expresie nouă.
This is a new expression.
Nu înțeleg această expresie.
I don't understand this expression.
Expresia lui de pe față arăta surprindere.
His facial expression showed surprise.
Există multe expresii idiomatice în limba română.
There are many idiomatic expressions in the Romanian language.
Traducerea expresiei nu a fost fidelă sensului original.
The translation of the expression was not faithful to the original meaning.
Profesoara ne-a cerut să analizăm expresiile figurate din poezie, subliniind nuanțele pe care traducerea le pierde adesea.
The teacher asked us to analyze the figurative expressions in the poem, pointing out the nuances that translation often loses.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | expresie | expresii |
| Genitive | expresiei | expresiilor |
| Accusative | expresie | expresii |
| Vocative | expresie | expresii |
Word family
a exprimato express
expresivexpressive
expresivitateexpressiveness
inexpresivexpressionless
expresexpress, direct (as in a fast train)
Etymology
Romanian borrowed "expresie" from French "expression" during the nineteenth-century wave of Latin-based modernization of the language. The French word traces to Latin "expressio," itself built from the verb "exprimere," meaning to press out or squeeze out. That verb combines "ex-" (out) with "premere" (to press).
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