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fără
without /ˈfa.rə/
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Also: -less, sans
Example sentences
Cafeaua mea este fără zahăr.
My coffee is without sugar.
Ies fără umbrelă, deși plouă.
I'm going out without an umbrella, even though it's raining.
Nu poți conduce fără permis.
You can't drive without a license.
A plecat fără să spună nimic.
He left without saying anything.
Fără îndoială, această decizie va schimba totul.
Without doubt, this decision will change everything.
Se descurcă remarcabil de bine fără a beneficia de vreun sprijin financiar.
He manages remarkably well without benefiting from any financial support.
Word family
Etymology
Fără descends from Latin foras, an adverb meaning "outdoors" or "to the outside," built on foris, "door." Over time the sense shifted from a spatial "outside of" to the abstract "lacking" or "without" that the word carries today. The same Latin root gave Romance sister words tied to the idea of being outside something.
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