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mândră
proud (feminine) /ˈmɨndrə/
adjective#2707 most common
Also: beautiful, splendid, sweetheart (folk song term for a beloved girl)
Example sentences
Mama este mândră de mine.
Mom is proud of me.
Sora mea este o fată mândră și veselă.
My sister is a proud, cheerful girl.
Sunt mândră că am terminat maratonul.
I am proud that I finished the marathon.
Mândra lui l-a așteptat cu drag la poartă.
His sweetheart waited for him lovingly at the gate.
Mândră și neînduplecată, ea nu și-a cerut niciodată scuze.
Proud and unyielding, she never apologized.
Deși sărăcia îi bătuse la ușă ani de zile, țăranca a rămas la fel de mândră și demnă ca în tinerețe.
Though poverty had knocked at her door for years, the peasant woman had stayed just as proud and dignified as in her youth.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | mândră | mândre |
| Genitive | mândre | mândre |
| Accusative | mândră | mândre |
| Vocative | mândro | mândrelor |
Word family
mândruproud, handsome (masculine)
mândriepride
a se mândrito pride oneself, to boast
mândrețesomething splendid or gorgeous (colloquial)
Etymology
Mândru/mândră is one of the small set of Romanian words whose origin is not traced back to Latin, Slavic, or any other clearly identified source language. Linguists list it among the so-called substrate words, terms thought to survive from the pre-Roman language spoken in the region before Latin arrived, but no direct attestation of that language exists to confirm it. The feminine form mândră is built by adding the standard feminine adjective ending -ă to the root mândr-. Because the deeper origin is unresolved, no reliable Indo-European root or cross-language cognate can be given.
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