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greșeală
mistake /ɡreˈʃe̯alə/
noun#645 most common
Also: error, fault, slip-up
Example sentences
Am făcut o greșeală.
I made a mistake.
Nu este nicio greșeală în tema ta.
There is no mistake in your homework.
Toată lumea face greșeli din când în când.
Everyone makes mistakes from time to time.
A recunoscut greșeala și și-a cerut scuze.
He admitted the mistake and apologized.
Repetarea aceleiași greșeli arată o lipsă de atenție.
Repeating the same mistake shows a lack of attention.
Greșeala lui, deși minoră, a avut consecințe pe termen lung asupra întregii echipe.
His mistake, though minor, had long-term consequences for the whole team.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | greșeală | greșeli |
| Genitive | greșeli | greșeli |
| Accusative | greșeală | greșeli |
| Vocative | greșeală | greșeli |
Word family
a greșito err, to make a mistake
greșitwrong, mistakengreșitwrongly, incorrectlynegreșitcertainly, without fail (literally: not mistaken)
Etymology
Greșeală is built from the verb a greși, meaning to err or to make a mistake, plus the suffix -eală, which turns verbs into nouns naming an action or its result. A greși itself is generally traced to Old Slavic grěšiti, to sin or to err, a word related to grěхъ, sin. Many Romanian words tied to moral fault or wrongdoing entered the language this way during the medieval period, through contact with Old Church Slavonic.
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