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mâncare
food /mɨŋˈkare/
noun#1363 most common
Also: meal, dish
Example sentences
Îmi place mâncarea românească.
I like Romanian food.
Am cumpărat mâncare pentru pisică.
I bought food for the cat.
Mâncarea era gata când am ajuns acasă.
The food was ready when I got home.
Mirosul mâncării se simțea din capul scării.
The smell of the food could be noticed from the top of the stairs.
Deși mâncarea aceea părea banală, gustul ei m-a surprins plăcut.
Although that food seemed ordinary, its taste pleasantly surprised me.
Fără mâncăruri tradiționale pregătite cu grijă, sărbătoarea și-ar fi pierdut din farmec.
Without traditional dishes prepared with care, the celebration would have lost some of its charm.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | mâncare / mâncarea | mâncăruri / mâncărurile |
| Genitive | mâncări / mâncării | mâncăruri / mâncărurilor |
| Accusative | mâncare / mâncarea | mâncăruri / mâncărurile |
| Vocative | mâncare | mâncăruri |
Word family
a mâncato eat
mâncateaten
mâncătoreater, one who eats a lot
mâncărimeitching (from the colloquial sense of mânca, to itch)
nemâncarelack of food, going without eating
Etymology
Mâncare is built from the Romanian verb a mânca, meaning to eat, plus the suffix -are, which turns a verb into a feminine noun naming the act or result of that action. A mânca itself descends from Latin manducare, to chew, to eat. The pattern mirrors other Romanian nouns like plecare (departure) from a pleca, or cântare (singing) from a cânta.
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