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fustă
skirt /ˈfus.tə/
noun#5373 most common
Example sentences
Ana are o fustă roșie.
Ana has a red skirt.
Îmi place fusta ta nouă.
I like your new skirt.
Ea a cumpărat o fustă lungă pentru petrecere.
She bought a long skirt for the party.
Fusta pe care o porți se potrivește foarte bine cu bluza aceea.
The skirt you're wearing matches that blouse very well.
Croitoreasa a scurtat fusta cu câțiva centimetri, ca să fie mai comodă la mers.
The seamstress shortened the skirt by a few centimeters, so it would be more comfortable to walk in.
Deși fustele plisate ieșiseră din modă, bunica insista să le poarte la fiecare duminică, amintindu-și de tinerețea ei.
Although pleated skirts had gone out of fashion, grandmother insisted on wearing them every Sunday, remembering her youth.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | fustă | fuste |
| Genitive | fustei | fustelor |
| Accusative | fustă | fuste |
| Vocative | fusto | fustelor |
Word family
fustițăsmall skirt (diminutive)
fustanelăfustanella, traditional pleated skirt
fustă-pantalonculottes, skirt-trousers
Etymology
Romanian "fustă" is a Balkan loanword, not a native Latin inheritance. It belongs to the same word family as Bulgarian "фуста" (fusta), Greek "φουστάνι" (fustani), and Albanian "fustan", all garment terms that circulated through the Balkans in Ottoman times. That family is usually traced back to the cloth name behind English "fustian", which itself comes from Fustat, the old quarter of Cairo where the fabric was originally made. The exact route into Romanian, whether directly from Bulgarian or through wider regional contact, is not settled.
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