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lovitură
blow (a hit or strike) /lo.viˈtu.rə/
noun#829 most common
Also: strike, shock/setback, coup (as in lovitură de stat)
Example sentences
Boxerul dă o lovitură puternică.
The boxer throws a powerful punch.
A primit o lovitură în cap și a leșinat.
He got hit in the head and fainted.
Echipa noastră a marcat dintr-o lovitură liberă.
Our team scored from a free kick.
Lovitura de stat din 1989 a schimbat istoria României.
The coup of 1989 changed Romania's history.
Vestea demisiei sale a fost o lovitură grea pentru companie.
The news of his resignation was a hard blow for the company.
Analiștii cred că această lovitură diplomatică ar putea reconfigura echilibrul de putere din regiune.
Analysts believe this diplomatic blow could reshape the balance of power in the region.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | lovitură | lovituri |
| Genitive | lovituri | lovituri |
| Accusative | lovitură | lovituri |
| Vocative | lovitură | lovituri |
Word family
a lovito hit, to strike
a se lovito hit oneself, to collide
lovitorstriking, that hits
nelovitunstruck, untouched
Etymology
Lovitură is built inside Romanian from the verb a lovi (to hit, to strike) plus the suffix -tură, which turns a verb into a noun naming the action or its result. The same pattern shows up in words like închizătură (a closure) from a închide. The origin of the base verb a lovi itself is disputed among Romanian dictionaries, and some mark it as unclear, possibly from the pre-Roman substrate language once spoken in the region.
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