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grăbit

in a hurry, hurried /ɡrəˈbit/

adjective#5685 most common

Also: rushed, hasty, in a rush

Example sentences

Sunt grăbit.
I am in a hurry.
Ea este grăbită azi.
She is in a hurry today.
Nu pot vorbi acum, sunt foarte grăbit.
I can't talk now, I'm in a big hurry.
Bărbatul grăbit a uitat cheile pe masă.
The hurried man forgot his keys on the table.
Deși erau grăbiți, au reușit să ajungă la timp la aeroport.
Although they were in a hurry, they managed to reach the airport on time.
Pașii grăbiți ai trecătorilor răsunau pe caldarâmul umed, fiecare grăbit să scape de ploaie.
The hurried steps of the passersby echoed on the wet cobblestones, each one hurrying to escape the rain.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativegrăbit / grăbităgrăbiți / grăbite
Genitivegrăbit / grăbitegrăbiți / grăbite
Accusativegrăbit / grăbităgrăbiți / grăbite
Vocativegrăbitule / grăbitogrăbiților / grăbitelor

Word family

a grăbito hurry, to speed up (something)
a se grăbito hurry, to be in a hurry
grabăhaste, hurry
în grabăhastily, in a rush
negrăbitunhurried, leisurely

Etymology

Grăbit is the past participle of the verb a grăbi, meaning to hurry or hasten, used as an adjective. The verb is built on the noun grabă, meaning haste, which Romanian borrowed from Slavic. This is a common pattern in Romanian, where a Slavic root was absorbed into the native Latin-based grammar and given a Latin-style participle ending.

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