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povară
burden /poˈva.rə/
noun#3675 most common
Also: load, weight, encumbrance
Example sentences
Sacul acesta este o povară grea.
This sack is a heavy burden.
Nu vreau să fiu o povară pentru tine.
I don't want to be a burden to you.
Datoriile au devenit o povară grea pentru familie.
The debts became a heavy burden for the family.
Ea a purtat povara responsabilității în tăcere.
She carried the burden of responsibility in silence.
Poverile trecutului îl apasă și astăzi.
The burdens of the past still weigh on him today.
Deși părea copleșit de poverile administrative, directorul a reușit să mențină echilibrul instituției.
Although he seemed overwhelmed by the administrative burdens, the director managed to keep the institution balanced.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | povară | poveri |
| Genitive | poveri | poverilor |
| Accusative | povară | poveri |
| Vocative | povară | poveri |
Word family
împovărato burden, to load down
împovăratburdened, weighed down
împovărătorburdensome, oppressive
poveriburdens, loads (plural)
Etymology
Povară entered Romanian from a South Slavic source, most likely Old Bulgarian, where a related form meant load or freight. It arrived during the long period of Slavic linguistic influence on Romanian, alongside many other everyday and administrative terms. The word kept both its concrete sense, a physical load, and a figurative one, a burden of duty or worry. Its Slavic origin is well attested in Romanian dictionaries, though the deeper Indo-European root is not established with confidence.
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