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gros

thick /gros/

adjective#5102 most common

Also: fat, coarse, deep (of a voice)

Example sentences

Cartea este groasă.
The book is thick.
Am nevoie de un pulover gros pentru iarnă.
I need a thick sweater for winter.
Zăpada era groasă de zece centimetri.
The snow was ten centimeters thick.
Stratul de vopsea era prea gros și a început să crape.
The layer of paint was too thick and started to crack.
Bărbatul avea o voce groasă și răgușită.
The man had a deep, hoarse voice.
Are obraz gros și nu se rușinează de nimic.
He is thick-skinned and feels no shame about anything.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativegros / groasăgroși / groase
Genitivegros / groasegroși / groase
Accusativegros / groasăgroși / groase
Vocativegros / groasăgroși / groase

Word family

grosimethickness
îngroșato thicken, to grow thick
grosolancoarse, crude
grosiercrude, blunt, rude

Etymology

Gros comes from Latin grossus, meaning thick, big, or coarse. Grossus was a Vulgar Latin word with no confirmed root further back in Proto-Indo-European; its origin before Latin is disputed among etymologists. The same Latin word spread across the Romance languages and even into English through French.

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