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nebună
crazy, mad (feminine) /ne.ˈbu.nə/
adjective#4120 most common
Also: insane, madwoman (as a noun), wild, out of control
Example sentences
Ea este nebună.
She is crazy.
Sora mea e puțin nebună, dar o iubesc.
My sister is a bit crazy, but I love her.
Nu fi nebună, nu poți alerga în ploaie fără haină!
Don't be crazy, you can't run in the rain without a coat!
Vecina noastră a devenit nebună de fericire când a aflat vestea.
Our neighbor went mad with happiness when she heard the news.
Femeia aceea, nebună de durere, a strigat numele fiului ei toată noaptea.
That woman, mad with grief, screamed her son's name all night.
Într-o lume nebună, uneori singura reacție rațională pare a fi nebunia însăși.
In a mad world, sometimes the only rational reaction seems to be madness itself.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | nebună | nebune |
| Genitive | nebune | nebunelor |
| Accusative | nebună | nebune |
| Vocative | nebuno | nebunelor |
Word family
nebuncrazy, mad (masculine)nebuniemadness, insanity
a înnebunito go mad, to drive someone mad
nebuneștemadly, like crazy
înnebunitdriven mad, maddenedEtymology
Nebună is the feminine form of nebun, built from the negative prefix ne- attached to bun, meaning good. The literal sense is not good, which shifted over time to mean crazy or mad. Bun itself descends from Latin bonus, so the whole word is a native Romanian formation rather than a direct Latin inheritance.
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