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plăcere
pleasure /pləˈtʃere/
noun#531 most common
Also: delight, enjoyment, you're welcome (in "cu plăcere")
Example sentences
Cu plăcere!
With pleasure! (You're welcome.)
Îmi face plăcere să te văd.
It gives me pleasure to see you.
A fost o plăcere să lucrez cu tine.
It was a pleasure to work with you.
Cititul este cea mai mare plăcere a mea.
Reading is my greatest pleasure.
Nu-mi refuz plăcerea unei cafele dimineața.
I don't deny myself the pleasure of a coffee in the morning.
Plăcerile simple ale vieții sunt adesea cele mai durabile, iar redescoperirea lor cu vârsta aduce o formă aparte de înțelepciune.
Life's simple pleasures are often the most lasting, and rediscovering them with age brings a particular kind of wisdom.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | plăcere | plăceri |
| Genitive | plăcerii | plăcerilor |
| Accusative | plăcere | plăceri |
| Vocative | plăcere | plăceri |
Word family
Etymology
Plăcere is the Romanian noun built from the verb a plăcea, "to please" or "to like". Romanian regularly turns a verb's long infinitive into an abstract noun, and plăcere is one such case, much like a citi gives citire. The verb a plăcea itself continues Latin placere, "to be pleasing", which also gave English "please" and "pleasure" through French. Latin placere is tied to placidus, "calm", and both trace to a Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to be calm" or "flat".
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