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gheată
boot /ˈɡe̯a.tə/
noun#3814 most common
Also: ankle boot
Example sentences
Ghetele mele sunt negre.
My boots are black.
Port ghete de iarnă când ninge.
I wear winter boots when it snows.
Gheata dreaptă mă strânge puțin la deget.
The right boot pinches my toe a bit.
A trebuit să-mi cumpăr o pereche nouă de ghete pentru că cele vechi s-au rupt.
I had to buy myself a new pair of boots because the old ones fell apart.
Șiretul ghetei s-a rupt chiar când eram gata să plec.
The boot's lace broke just as I was about to leave.
Dacă aș fi știut cât de repede se vor uza ghetele astea, aș fi ales un model mai rezistent.
If I had known how quickly these boots would wear out, I would have chosen a more durable model.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | gheată | ghete |
| Genitive | ghetei | ghetelor |
| Accusative | gheată | ghete |
| Vocative | gheato | ghetelor |
Word family
Etymology
Gheată entered Romanian from Italian ghetta, plural ghette, which meant a gaiter or spat, a cloth or leather piece covering the ankle and lower leg. The Italian word itself goes back to French guêtre, with the same meaning. In Romanian the sense narrowed from a leg covering to the ankle boot itself, the item of footwear that eventually replaced the separate gaiter.
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