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pericol
danger /peˈrikol/
noun#748 most common
Also: hazard, peril, risk
Example sentences
Atenție, pericol!
Watch out, danger!
Este un pericol mare aici.
There is a big danger here.
Copiii nu înțeleg pericolul din bucătărie.
Children do not understand the danger in the kitchen.
Pompierii au fost avertizați despre pericolul de incendiu.
The firefighters were warned about the fire hazard.
Guvernul a subestimat pericolul inundațiilor.
The government underestimated the danger of the floods.
Cu toate pericolele care ne pândeau pe traseu, am ajuns cu bine acasă.
Despite all the dangers lurking along the route, we got home safely.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | pericol (pericolul) | pericole (pericolele) |
| Genitive | pericol (pericolului) | pericole (pericolelor) |
| Accusative | pericol (pericolul) | pericole (pericolele) |
| Vocative | pericolule | pericolelor |
Word family
periculosdangerous
a (se) periclitato jeopardize, to put at risk
periclitarethe act of jeopardizing or endangering
nepericulosnot dangerous, harmless
Etymology
Pericol entered Romanian in the nineteenth century as part of a wave of French and Italian borrowings that modernized the language's vocabulary. It traces back to Latin periculum, meaning trial, attempt, or danger, itself built on a root tied to testing or risking something. The word displaced or sits alongside the older native Romanian term primejdie, which has a different, Slavic origin.
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