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gata
ready /ˈɡa.ta/
adjective#217 most common
Also: done, finished, enough (as an exclamation)
Example sentences
Sunt gata.
I am ready.
Cina e gata, hai la masă!
Dinner's ready, come eat!
Gata, am terminat tema.
Done, I've finished my homework.
A fost gata să cadă de pe bicicletă.
He nearly fell off his bike.
Gata cu amânările, trebuie să luăm o decizie chiar azi.
Enough with the delays, we need to make a decision today.
Deși părea gata să cedeze sub presiune, negociatorul și-a păstrat calmul până la capăt.
Although he seemed about to give in under pressure, the negotiator kept his composure until the end.
Word family
a gătito cook; older sense: to prepare, to dress up
gătitcooked; dressed up, done upa pregătito prepare
pregătirepreparation, trainingEtymology
Gata means ready or done in Romanian. Most Romanian dictionaries trace it to the South Slavic languages, comparing it with Bulgarian and Serbian gotov, meaning ready. It likely entered Romanian through long contact between Romanian speakers and their Slavic neighbors in the Balkans. Unlike most Romanian adjectives, it never took on a Latin-style pattern of endings, it keeps the same form no matter the gender or number of the noun it describes.
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