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pastilă
pill (a tablet or lozenge of medicine) /pasˈtilə/
noun#1683 most common
Also: tablet, lozenge, (slang) ecstasy pill
Example sentences
Iau o pastilă.
I take a pill.
Ai o pastilă de tuse?
Do you have a cough lozenge?
Trebuie să iei pastila după masă.
You must take the pill after the meal.
Medicul mi-a prescris pastile pentru dureri de cap.
The doctor prescribed me pills for headaches.
Fără efectul pastilei, n-aș fi reușit să dorm în avion.
Without the effect of the pill, I would not have managed to sleep on the plane.
Renunțarea bruscă la pastilele antidepresive poate provoca simptome de sevraj.
Abruptly stopping antidepressant pills can cause withdrawal symptoms.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | pastilă | pastile |
| Genitive | pastile | pastile |
| Accusative | pastilă | pastile |
| Vocative | pastilo | pastile |
Word family
pastilăa single pill or tablet
pastilepills, tablets (plural, also used generically for medication in pill form)
pastiluțăinformal diminutive, a little pill, often used with children or affectionately
Etymology
Pastilă entered Romanian from French pastille, which came from Latin pastillus, a small loaf or lozenge. Pastillus is a diminutive tied to panis, the Latin word for bread, and to pascere, to feed or graze. The word shifted over time from a small baked morsel to a small medicinal tablet, the sense it holds in Romanian today.
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