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fragil
fragile /fraˈdʒil/
adjective#5312 most common
Also: breakable, delicate, frail
Example sentences
Vasul este fragil.
The vase is fragile.
Ai grijă, sticla e fragilă!
Be careful, the glass is fragile!
Copiii au inimi fragile.
Children have fragile hearts.
Economia țării rămâne fragilă după criză.
The country's economy remains fragile after the crisis.
Sănătatea lui mentală era fragilă în acea perioadă.
His mental health was fragile during that period.
Pacea fragilă dintre cele două națiuni s-ar putea destrăma oricând.
The fragile peace between the two nations could unravel at any moment.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | fragil (m) / fragilă (f) | fragili (m) / fragile (f) |
| Genitive | fragil (m) / fragile (f) | fragili (m) / fragile (f) |
| Accusative | fragil (m) / fragilă (f) | fragili (m) / fragile (f) |
| Vocative | — | — |
Word family
fragilitatefragility
a fragilizato weaken, to make vulnerable
fragilizatweakened, made fragile
fragilfragileEtymology
Fragil entered Romanian in the 19th century as part of the wave of French and Latin borrowings that modernized the language's vocabulary. It traces back to Latin fragilis, itself formed from the verb frangere, meaning to break. The word reached Romanian mainly through French fragile, alongside the older native verb a frânge, which descends from the same Latin root.
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