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impuscat
shot (hit by gunfire) /ɨm.puʃˈkat/
adjective#5302 most common
Also: gunned down, wounded/killed by a bullet
Example sentences
Iepurele a fost împușcat de vânător.
The hare was shot by the hunter.
Căprioara împușcată zăcea lângă drum.
The shot doe lay by the road.
Bărbații împușcați au fost duși la spital.
The shot men were taken to the hospital.
Fratele meu a fost împușcat în umăr în timpul unei tâlhării.
My brother was shot in the shoulder during a robbery.
Deși era grav împușcat, polițistul a reușit să prindă infractorul.
Although he was badly shot, the officer managed to catch the criminal.
Jurnalistul împușcat de gloanțe rătăcite în timpul protestelor a supraviețuit datorită intervenției rapide a medicilor.
The journalist, shot by stray bullets during the protests, survived thanks to the doctors' quick intervention.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | împușcat | împușcați |
| Genitive | împușcatului | împușcaților |
| Accusative | împușcat | împușcați |
| Vocative | împușcatule | împușcaților |
Word family
a împușcato shoot
împușcăturăgunshot, gunshot woundîmpușcarethe act of shooting
pușcăgun, rifleneîmpușcatunshot, not shot
Etymology
Împușcat is the past participle of the verb a împușca, which is built on pușcă, the Romanian word for gun. Pușcă was borrowed from a Slavic source related to the word for cannon, seen also in Russian. The verb literally means to hit someone with a gun, and its participle came to mean simply shot.
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