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joacă
play (children's playing, a game) /ˈʒo̯akə/
noun#3454 most common
Also: playing, game, child's play (as in something easy)
Example sentences
Copilul se joacă în parc.
The child plays in the park.
Aceasta este doar o joacă.
This is just a game.
Fetița se joacă cu păpușa.
The little girl plays with her doll.
Locul de joacă din cartier este nou.
The playground in the neighborhood is new.
Copiii se joacă de-a v-ați ascunselea în curte.
The children play hide-and-seek in the yard.
Pentru el, munca a devenit o joacă de copii.
For him, work has become child's play.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | joacă | joace |
| Genitive | joacei | joacelor |
| Accusative | joacă | joace |
| Vocative | joaco | joace |
Word family
Etymology
Joacă comes from the Romanian verb a (se) juca, meaning to play. That verb, along with the noun joc, descends from Latin iocus, meaning jest or game. The same Latin root, through French, gave English the word joke, so joacă and joke are distant relatives.
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