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neînțelegere
misunderstanding /ne.ɨn.t͡se.ˈle.dʒe.re/
noun#4382 most common
Also: disagreement, discord, falling-out
Example sentences
Este o neînțelegere.
It's a misunderstanding.
Am avut o mică neînțelegere cu fratele meu.
I had a small disagreement with my brother.
Neînțelegerea dintre noi s-a rezolvat repede.
The misunderstanding between us was resolved quickly.
Multe neînțelegeri apar din cauza comunicării proaste.
Many misunderstandings arise from poor communication.
Neînțelegerile dintre cele două țări au dus la o criză diplomatică.
The disagreements between the two countries led to a diplomatic crisis.
Guvernul a încercat să atenueze neînțelegerile profunde care măcinau relația dintre cele două partide de decenii.
The government tried to ease the deep disagreements that had been eroding relations between the two parties for decades.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | neînțelegere | neînțelegeri |
| Genitive | neînțelegeri | neînțelegeri |
| Accusative | neînțelegere | neînțelegeri |
| Vocative | neînțelegere | neînțelegeri |
Word family
înțelegeto understandînțelegereunderstanding, agreement
neînțelesmisunderstood, incomprehensible
înțelegătorunderstanding, sympathetic
înțeleptwiseEtymology
Neînțelegere is built inside Romanian itself, not inherited whole from Latin. It combines the negative prefix ne- with înțelegere, the noun form of the verb a înțelege, 'to understand'. That verb descends from Latin intellegere, 'to perceive, understand', formed from inter- and legere, 'to gather, choose, read'. So a neînțelegere is literally a lack of the mutual grasp that intellegere once named.
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