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nas
nose /nas/
noun#1005 most common
Also: snout (of an animal), nerve/instinct (idiomatic, as in 'a avea nas')
Example sentences
Copilul are un nas mic.
The child has a small nose.
Mă doare nasul.
My nose hurts.
Și-a suflat nasul cu batista.
He blew his nose with the handkerchief.
Nu-ți băga nasul în treburile mele!
Don't stick your nose into my business!
De când a primit premiul, umblă cu nasul pe sus.
Since she got the prize, she's been walking around with her nose in the air.
Deși toți îl avertizaseră, și-a vârât nasul unde nu-i fierbea oala, iar acum plătește consecințele.
Although everyone had warned him, he poked his nose where it didn't belong, and now he is paying the consequences.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | nasul | nasurile |
| Genitive | nasului | nasurilor |
| Accusative | nasul | nasurile |
| Vocative | nasule | nasurilor |
Word family
nasnose
năsuclittle nose (affectionate diminutive)
nazalnasal
a-și băga nasulto meddle, to stick one's nose in
nasolbad, lame, uncoolEtymology
Nas comes from Latin nasus, meaning nose, and was inherited directly into Romanian rather than borrowed later. It is one of the oldest layers of Romanian's Latin core vocabulary, present since the language formed from spoken Latin in the region. The Latin word itself traces to the same ancient root that produced the English word nose through the Germanic branch.
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