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marfă
goods, merchandise /ˈmarfə/
noun#1539 most common
Also: cargo, freight, (slang) cool, awesome, (slang) drugs
Example sentences
Aceasta este marfă bună.
This is good merchandise.
Magazinul are multă marfă nouă.
The store has a lot of new merchandise.
Camionul transportă marfă grea spre oraș.
The truck carries heavy cargo to the city.
Am cumpărat marfă contrafăcută fără să știu.
I bought counterfeit goods without knowing it.
Filmul ăsta chiar e marfă, trebuie să-l vezi!
This movie is really cool, you have to see it!
Prețul mărfurilor a crescut considerabil din cauza inflației globale.
The price of goods has risen considerably because of global inflation.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | marfă | mărfuri |
| Genitive | mărfii | mărfurilor |
| Accusative | marfă | mărfuri |
| Vocative | marfă | mărfuri |
Word family
mărfurigoods (plural)
marfarfreight-related; freight train
marfagiu(slang) trader in shady or stolen goods
Etymology
Marfă entered Romanian from Hungarian marha, which originally meant cattle and, by extension, property or wealth, since livestock long served as a basic unit of trade. Centuries of contact between Romanian and Hungarian speakers in Transylvania carried the word into general Romanian commercial vocabulary. Its meaning broadened from livestock to any tradable good, and it now covers cargo, retail stock, and even slang senses.
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