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necaz
trouble /neˈkaz/
noun#1341 most common
Also: worry, annoyance, misfortune
Example sentences
Am un necaz.
I have a problem.
Are un necaz mare acasă.
She has a big trouble at home.
Nu-mi face necazuri, te rog.
Don't cause me trouble, please.
Spre necazul meu, am pierdut autobuzul.
To my annoyance, I missed the bus.
Vecinii ne-au adus numai necazuri de când s-au mutat aici.
The neighbors have brought us nothing but trouble since they moved in.
Deși a trecut prin nenumărate necazuri, bătrânul își păstra un zâmbet senin pe buze.
Although he had gone through countless troubles, the old man kept a serene smile on his lips.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | necazul | necazurile |
| Genitive | necazului | necazurilor |
| Accusative | necazul | necazurile |
| Vocative | necazule | necazurilor |
Word family
necăjito upset, vex, or tease someone
necăjittroubled, upset, distressed
necazuritroubles, worries (plural form, often used for a run of hardships)
Etymology
Necaz is a borrowing from Old Church Slavonic nekazŭ, meaning vexation or misfortune, absorbed into Romanian during centuries of contact with Slavic-speaking neighbors and Church Slavonic administrative and religious texts. The underlying Slavic root kazati means to show, tell, or order, and it also fed the sense of punishment in other Slavic languages. Romanian took in a large layer of such Slavic words for everyday emotional life alongside its core Latin vocabulary, and necaz became one of the most common of these.
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