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pierdere
loss /pjerˈdere/
noun#1175 most common
Also: defeat, waste (as in 'pierdere de vreme')
Example sentences
Aceasta este o pierdere.
This is a loss.
Am avut o pierdere financiară anul trecut.
I had a financial loss last year.
Pierderea jocului l-a supărat pe copil.
The loss of the game upset the child.
Compania a raportat o pierdere semnificativă în acest trimestru.
The company reported a significant loss this quarter.
Pierderile cauzate de inundații s-au ridicat la milioane de euro.
The losses caused by the floods amounted to millions of euros.
Guvernul a subestimat amploarea pierderilor economice provocate de pandemie, ceea ce a dus la măsuri insuficiente.
The government underestimated the extent of the economic losses caused by the pandemic, which led to insufficient measures.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | pierdere | pierderi |
| Genitive | pierderi | pierderilor |
| Accusative | pierdere | pierderi |
| Vocative | pierdere | pierderi |
Word family
a pierdeto lose
pierdutlostpierzătorlosing, defeated
pierzanieruin, doom
pierdere de vremewaste of time (idiom)
Etymology
Pierdere is formed from the Romanian verb a pierde, meaning to lose, plus the suffix -ere, which turns a verb into an abstract noun of action. A pierde descends from Latin perdere, meaning to destroy or lose, itself built from per- (thoroughly) and dare (to give). So the underlying sense is giving something away completely, until it is gone.
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