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niciodată
never /nitʃoˈdatə/
adverb#124 most common
Also: not ever, at no time
Example sentences
Nu mănânc niciodată ciocolată dimineața.
I never eat chocolate in the morning.
El nu a fost niciodată în Franța.
He has never been to France.
Nu știi niciodată ce se poate întâmpla.
You never know what might happen.
Nu am crezut niciodată că vom ajunge atât de departe.
I never thought we would get this far.
Niciodată nu este prea târziu să înveți ceva nou.
It is never too late to learn something new.
Dacă nu aș fi plecat atunci, nu aș fi știut niciodată adevărul.
If I had not left then, I would never have known the truth.
Word family
odatăonce, at one timevreodatăeverdatădate, time, occasionnicinor, not even
de fiecare datăevery time
Etymology
Niciodată is built from nici, a negative particle meaning "nor" or "not even", and odată, meaning "once". Odată itself splits into o ("one", from Latin unus) and dată ("time, occasion", from Latin data, the past participle of dare, "to give"). Put together, the word reads literally as "not even one time", which is how Romanian expresses "never".
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