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panică
panic /ˈpanikə/
noun#2355 most common
Also: fright, alarm
Example sentences
Nu intra în panică!
Don't panic!
Copilul a început să plângă de panică.
The child started crying out of panic.
Panica s-a răspândit rapid în mulțime.
Panic spread quickly through the crowd.
A cuprins-o o panică bruscă atunci când a văzut fumul.
Sudden panic gripped her when she saw the smoke.
Autoritățile au încercat să evite panica generală după anunțul cutremurului.
Authorities tried to avoid general panic after the earthquake announcement.
Vânzările masive de acțiuni au fost declanșate de o panică financiară nejustificată.
The massive sell-off of shares was triggered by unjustified financial panic.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | panică | panici |
| Genitive | panici | panici |
| Accusative | panică | panici |
| Vocative | panică | panici |
Word family
a (se) panicato panic
panicatpanicked
panicardsomeone prone to panicking (informal)
panicospanicky, alarming
Etymology
Romanian borrowed "panică" from French "panique" in the 19th century, part of a wave of French loanwords that modernized Romanian vocabulary. The French word traces to Greek "panikos," meaning "of Pan." Ancient Greeks blamed the god Pan for the sudden, groundless terror that could seize herds and travelers in lonely places.
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