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placere

pleasure /pləˈtʃere/

noun#2496 most common

Also: delight, enjoyment

Example sentences

Cu plăcere!
With pleasure! (You're welcome!)
Îmi face plăcere să te cunosc.
It's a pleasure to meet you.
A fost o plăcere să lucrez cu echipa asta.
It was a pleasure to work with this team.
Găsește o mare plăcere în cititul cărților vechi.
She finds great pleasure in reading old books.
Plăcerea lui de a asculta muzică clasică s-a transformat într-o pasiune adevărată.
His pleasure in listening to classical music turned into a real passion.
Rareori întâlnești pe cineva care să vorbească despre plăcerile simple ale vieții cu atâta sinceritate.
You rarely meet someone who talks about life's simple pleasures with such sincerity.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeplăcereplăceri
Genitiveplăceriplăceri
Accusativeplăcereplăceri
Vocativeplăcereplăceri

Word family

a plăceato please, to like
plăcutpleasant, nice
neplăceredispleasure, unpleasantness
a se complăceato indulge oneself, to take satisfaction in

Etymology

Plăcere comes from the Romanian verb a plăcea, meaning to please or to like, which descends from Latin placere. The noun is built by adding the abstract-noun suffix -ere directly to the verb stem, the same pattern seen in tăcere (silence) from a tăcea and vedere (sight) from a vedea. The word has stayed close to its Latin sense of pleasing someone or feeling pleased.

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