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mănușă
glove /məˈnuʃə/
noun#3238 most common
Also: mitten
Example sentences
Am o mănușă roșie.
I have a red glove.
Ea poartă mănuși în fiecare iarnă.
She wears gloves every winter.
Mi-am pierdut o mănușă în parc.
I lost a glove in the park.
Portarul a prins mingea cu mănușa lui.
The goalkeeper caught the ball with his glove.
Copilul și-a pus mănușile înainte să iasă afară pe zăpadă.
The child put on his gloves before going outside in the snow.
Șeful a preferat să-l ia cu mănuși pe noul angajat, ca să nu-l demoralizeze.
The boss preferred to handle the new employee with kid gloves, so as not to discourage him.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | mănușă | mănuși |
| Genitive | mănuși | mănușilor |
| Accusative | mănușă | mănuși |
| Vocative | mănușo | mănușilor |
Word family
Etymology
Mănușă is a native Romanian word built on mână, meaning hand, which comes from Latin manus. A noun-forming suffix was added to mână to name a hand covering. The result is a word that wears its meaning openly: something you put your hand into.
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