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hey (informal call to get a girl or woman's attention) /ˈfə/

particle#457 most common

Also: girl! (blunt, informal form of address), you there (addressing a female, familiar or brusque)

Example sentences

Fă, vino încoace!
Hey girl, come here!
Ce faci, fă, pe-acolo?
What are you doing over there, girl?
Auzi, fă, nu mai striga așa!
Listen, girl, stop yelling like that!
Măi fă, nu te mai speria din orice!
Hey girl, stop getting scared over every little thing!
Las-o, fă, că nu merită să te superi pe ea.
Let it go, girl, she isn't worth getting angry at.
Fă, nu știu ce ai cu mine, dar termină odată cu prostiile astea!
Girl, I don't know what your problem with me is, but stop this nonsense once and for all!

Word family

hey (informal address to a male)
măihey (informal address, either gender, softer than fă/mă)
brehey, man (regional informal address)
fatăgirl

Etymology

Fă is a Romanian vocative particle used to call out to a girl or woman, the feminine counterpart to mă used for men. Its origin is not firmly settled; some scholars link it to a clipped form of fată (girl), but this is not confirmed. It belongs to a small class of short, expressive address particles found across colloquial and regional Romanian speech.

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