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gaură
hole /ˈɡa.u.rə/
noun#1073 most common
Also: gap, hollow, deficit (figurative, e.g. budget hole)
Example sentences
Am o gaură în ciorap.
I have a hole in my sock.
Câinele a săpat o gaură în grădină.
The dog dug a hole in the garden.
Trebuie să astup gaura din perete înainte să vopsesc.
I need to plug the hole in the wall before I paint.
Șoarecele a dispărut într-o gaură din spatele dulapului.
The mouse disappeared into a hole behind the cupboard.
Bugetul are o gaură de câteva milioane de euro pe care nimeni nu o poate explica.
The budget has a hole of several million euros that no one can explain.
Gaura neagră din centrul galaxiei atrage tot ce se apropie prea mult.
The black hole at the center of the galaxy pulls in everything that comes too close.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | gaură | găuri |
| Genitive | găuri | găuri |
| Accusative | gaură | găuri |
| Vocative | gaură | găuri |
Word family
a găurito drill, to pierce, to make a hole in
găuritperforated, full of holes
găuricăsmall hole (diminutive)
găurirethe act of drilling or piercing
Etymology
Romanian dictionaries list the origin of "gaură" as uncertain. It is not a Latin inheritance and has no settled source in the standard etymological references. Some linguists treat it as a pre-Roman substrate word, in the same category as other Romanian terms without a clear Latin, Slavic, or Greek origin, but no cognate set is firmly established.
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