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mereu
always /meˈreu/
adverb#257 most common
Also: constantly, continually, all the time
Example sentences
Ea este mereu fericită.
She is always happy.
El mereu întârzie la școală.
He is always late for school.
Mereu îmi aduc aminte de vacanța aceea.
I always remember that vacation.
Deși pare simplu, mereu apar probleme neprevăzute.
Even though it looks simple, unforeseen problems always come up.
Mereu am crezut că adevărul iese la iveală, oricât ar fi ascuns.
I have always believed that the truth comes out, no matter how well hidden it is.
Convingerea că binele triumfă mereu, chiar și în fața celor mai mari nedreptăți, i-a ghidat întreaga viață.
The conviction that good always wins out, even against the greatest injustices, guided his whole life.
Word family
întotdeaunaalways (more formal synonym)continuucontinuous, continuallyconstantconstant, steadily
necontenitunceasingly, without stopping
Etymology
Romanian dictionaries list the origin of "mereu" as uncertain. It appears in the language as a plain adverb of time with no clear Latin or Slavic source that scholars agree on. Because the record is thin, it is safer to treat its origin as unresolved rather than assign it a confident source.
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