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lungă
long /ˈlungə/
adjective#4167 most common
Also: lengthy, tall (of a person, colloquial)
Example sentences
Am o rochie lungă.
I have a long dress.
Strada este foarte lungă.
The street is very long.
A avut o zi lungă la birou.
She had a long day at the office.
Călătoria a fost lungă și obositoare.
The trip was long and tiring.
Iarna lungă din acel an a afectat recolta.
The long winter that year affected the harvest.
Explicația ei, deși lungă, a clarificat toate neînțelegerile.
Her explanation, though long, clarified all the misunderstandings.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | lungă | lungi |
| Genitive | lungi | lungi |
| Accusative | lungă | lungi |
| Vocative | lungă | lungi |
Word family
lunglong (masculine)lungimelength
a lungito lengthen, stretch out
a prelungito prolong, extend
lunganulcolloquial term for a tall, lanky person
Etymology
Lungă comes from Latin longa, the feminine form of longus, meaning long. Romanian kept the Latin adjective almost intact while its Romance cousins evolved further. The word traces back to a Proto-Indo-European root for length or extension.
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