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picătură
drop (of liquid) /pikəˈtura/
noun#3683 most common
Also: droplet, a tiny amount (figurative)
Example sentences
O picătură de apă cade pe masă.
A drop of water falls on the table.
Am pus câteva picături de parfum pe încheietura mâinii.
I put a few drops of perfume on my wrist.
Ia zece picături din acest sirop înainte de masă.
Take ten drops of this syrup before the meal.
Ploaia cădea în picături mari și rare pe acoperiș.
The rain fell in big, sparse drops on the roof.
A fost ultima picătură care i-a umplut paharul răbdării.
It was the last drop that filled his cup of patience.
Convingerea lui s-a clădit picătură cu picătură, din nenumărate observații adunate de-a lungul anilor.
His conviction was built drop by drop, from countless observations gathered over the years.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | picătură | picături |
| Genitive | picăturii | picăturilor |
| Accusative | picătură | picături |
| Vocative | picătură | picături |
Word family
a picurato drip, to trickle
picura drop, a small trickle
picurarethe act of dripping
picuratdripped, drop by drop
picurătoaredropper, drip device
Etymology
Picătură is built on the verb a picura, "to drip, to fall in small drops," plus the suffix -ătură, which turns a verb into a noun naming the result of the action. The same pattern gives mușcătură ("bite") from a mușca and înțepătură ("sting") from a înțepa. Romanian dictionaries treat the base root pic- as likely imitative, echoing the sound of a drop striking a surface, though its deeper origin is not settled.
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