Learn Romanian › găleată
găleată
bucket /ɡəˈle̯atə/
noun#5396 most common
Also: pail, bucketful
Example sentences
Am o găleată.
I have a bucket.
Pun apă în găleată.
I put water in the bucket.
Copilul se joacă cu găleata la plajă.
The child is playing with the bucket at the beach.
Afară plouă cu găleata.
Outside it is pouring rain.
A răsturnat găleata cu vopsea pe podeaua din bucătărie.
He knocked the bucket of paint over onto the kitchen floor.
Deși găleata era plină ochi cu apă, fermierul a reușit să o care de la fântână fără să verse o picătură.
Although the bucket was filled to the brim with water, the farmer managed to carry it from the well without spilling a drop.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | găleată | găleți |
| Genitive | găleții | găleților |
| Accusative | găleată | găleți |
| Vocative | găleato | găleților |
Word family
găletuțăsmall bucket, diminutive
găletarrack or stand for buckets
a plouă cu găleataidiom: to pour with rain, rain buckets
Etymology
Romanian dictionaries trace găleată to a Slavic source, related to a word for a wooden pail found in Ukrainian. The word entered Romanian through contact with Slavic-speaking neighbors rather than from Latin, which is why it looks unlike most core Romanian vocabulary. Its form has stayed close to the original meaning: a container for carrying liquids.
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