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fată
girl /ˈfa.tə/
noun#123 most common
Also: daughter, young woman
Example sentences
Fata are o carte.
The girl has a book.
Fata merge la școală în fiecare zi.
The girl goes to school every day.
Am cunoscut o fată drăguță la petrecere.
I met a nice girl at the party.
Fetei îi place să citească romane înainte de culcare.
The girl likes to read novels before bed.
Fetele din sat obișnuiau să cânte la nunți, păstrând tradițiile străbune.
The girls from the village used to sing at weddings, keeping the old traditions.
Deși părea o fată firavă, hotărârea cu care înfrunta greutățile vieții dovedea o forță de caracter neobișnuită.
Though she seemed a frail girl, the determination with which she faced life's hardships showed unusual strength of character.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | fată | fete |
| Genitive | fetei | fetelor |
| Accusative | fată | fete |
| Vocative | fato | fetelor |
Word family
fetițălittle girlfecioarămaiden, virgin
fetișcanăyoung lass, teenage girl (colloquial)
fată bătrânăold maid, spinster (dated, mildly pejorative)
Etymology
Fată is an inherited Latin word. Most Romanian dictionaries trace it to Latin feta, meaning a female that has given birth or a young animal, the feminine counterpart of fetus, which gave the Romanian word fecior (young man, son). Over centuries the sense narrowed from young female offspring to girl. Some linguists still list the origin as uncertain, since the semantic shift is not fully documented.
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