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gunoi

trash /ɡuˈnoj/

noun#1227 most common

Also: garbage, rubbish, litter

Example sentences

Arunc gunoiul.
I throw out the trash.
Du gunoiul afară, te rog.
Take the trash outside, please.
Trebuie să scoatem gunoiul în fiecare seară.
We have to take out the trash every evening.
Muncitorii au adunat gunoaiele de pe stradă după festival.
The workers collected the garbage from the street after the festival.
Autoritățile locale investighează o groapă ilegală de gunoi din pădure.
Local authorities are investigating an illegal garbage dump in the forest.
Reciclarea corectă a gunoiului menajer ar putea reduce semnificativ poluarea solului.
Proper recycling of household waste could significantly reduce soil pollution.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativegunoiulgunoaiele
Genitivegunoiuluigunoaielor
Accusativegunoiulgunoaiele
Vocativegunoiulegunoaielor

Word family

gunoiergarbage collector
gunoiștegarbage dump, landfill
a gunoito spread manure on soil (regional, agricultural)
coș de gunoitrash can, wastebasket

Etymology

Gunoi entered Romanian from a Slavic source, related to Old Church Slavonic and Common Slavic gnojь, meaning dung or manure. The word reflects the heavy Slavic influence on Romanian's everyday and agricultural vocabulary. Its original sense centered on animal manure used to fertilize fields, and it later broadened to cover household waste and garbage in general.

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