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nepoliticos
impolite, rude /ne.po.li.tiˈkos/
adjective#3900 most common
Also: discourteous, ill-mannered, curt
Example sentences
El este nepoliticos.
He is impolite.
Este nepoliticos să vorbești cu gura plină.
It is rude to talk with your mouth full.
Băiatul a fost nepoliticos cu bunica lui.
The boy was rude to his grandmother.
Mi s-a părut destul de nepoliticos felul în care a răspuns la telefon.
The way he answered the phone struck me as fairly rude.
Deși părea nepoliticoasă la prima vedere, colega mea avea doar un simț al umorului foarte direct.
Although she seemed rude at first, my colleague just had a very blunt sense of humor.
Comportamentul lui, considerat nepoliticos de majoritatea colegilor, ascundea de fapt o insecuritate profundă.
His behavior, considered rude by most of his colleagues, actually concealed a deep insecurity.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | nepoliticos (m) / nepoliticoasă (f) | nepoliticoși (m) / nepoliticoase (f) |
| Genitive | nepoliticos (m) / nepoliticoase (f) | nepoliticoși (m) / nepoliticoase (f) |
| Accusative | nepoliticos (m) / nepoliticoasă (f) | nepoliticoși (m) / nepoliticoase (f) |
| Vocative | nepoliticosule (m) / nepoliticoaso (f) | nepoliticoșilor (m) / nepoliticoaselor (f) |
Word family
politicospolite, courteous
politețepoliteness
nepolitețeimpoliteness, rudeness
politicpolitical; also tactful, diplomaticpoliticăpoliticsEtymology
Nepoliticos is built from the negative prefix ne- and politicos, an adjective meaning polite or courteous. Politicos shares its root with politică (politics), which goes back through French politique to Greek polis, meaning city or state. The adjectival suffix -os, seen also in nervos or curajos, turned the borrowed root into a native-feeling Romanian adjective, and its sense narrowed over time from political or diplomatic to simply well-mannered.
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