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masaj

massage /maˈsaʒ/

noun#4384 most common

Example sentences

Vreau un masaj.
I want a massage.
Mama îmi face un masaj la spate.
Mom gives me a back massage.
Masajul acesta este foarte relaxant.
This massage is very relaxing.
Am rezervat o ședință de masaj pentru sâmbătă.
I booked a massage session for Saturday.
Masajele terapeutice pot ameliora durerile cronice de spate.
Therapeutic massages can relieve chronic back pain.
Dacă ai fi urmat un masaj de recuperare imediat după antrenament, probabil că nu ai fi resimțit atât de acut inflamația musculară.
If you had had a recovery massage right after training, you probably wouldn't have felt the muscle inflammation so acutely.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativemasajmasaje
Genitivemasajuluimasajelor
Accusativemasajmasaje
Vocativemasajulemasajelor

Word family

a masato massage
maseurmasseur
maseuzămasseuse
masatmassaged

Etymology

Romanian borrowed "masaj" from French "massage" during the 19th and early 20th centuries, part of a large wave of French vocabulary that entered Romanian as the language modernized. French "massage" comes from the verb "masser", whose own origin is debated among etymologists, with proposals pointing to Arabic "massa" (to touch, to feel) or Greek "massein" (to knead). Because that root is disputed, no firm deeper origin is given here.

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