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fotbal
football (soccer) /fotˈbal/
noun#1561 most common
Also: soccer
Example sentences
Eu joc fotbal.
I play football.
Copiii joacă fotbal în parc.
The children play football in the park.
Fotbalul este cel mai popular sport din România.
Football is the most popular sport in Romania.
Am urmărit meciul de fotbal până la loviturile de departajare.
I watched the football match up to the penalty shootout.
Pasiunea românilor pentru fotbal s-a intensificat după calificarea la Campionatul Mondial.
Romanians' passion for football grew after they qualified for the World Cup.
Deși criticat pentru comercializarea excesivă, fotbalul rămâne, dincolo de orice controversă, un liant social remarcabil în comunitățile defavorizate.
Although criticized for excessive commercialization, football remains, beyond any controversy, a remarkable social bond in disadvantaged communities.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | fotbal | fotbaluri |
| Genitive | fotbalului | fotbalurilor |
| Accusative | fotbal | fotbaluri |
| Vocative | None | None |
Word family
fotbalistfootball player (male)
fotbalistăfootball player (female)
fotbalisticfootball-related, footballing
minifotbalsmall-sided football (five-a-side)
a juca fotbalto play football
Etymology
Romanian borrowed "fotbal" from English "football" in the early 20th century, as the sport spread across Europe. The spelling was adapted to Romanian phonetics, dropping the double consonant and reshaping the vowels. It joined a wave of sports vocabulary that entered Romanian around the same period, often through French mediation before settling into a Romanian-looking form.
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