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precum
as /pre.ˈkum/
adverb#860 most common
Also: like, such as, just as
Example sentences
El este înalt, precum tatăl său.
He is tall, like his father.
Îmi plac fructele, precum merele și perele.
I like fruits, such as apples and pears.
Ea a făcut totul precum i-am cerut.
She did everything as I asked her.
Vremea s-a schimbat brusc, precum prevăzuseră meteorologii.
The weather changed suddenly, as the meteorologists had predicted.
Precum bine știți, situația economică s-a înrăutățit.
As you well know, the economic situation has worsened.
Textul, precum și notele de subsol, trebuie tradus cu atenție.
The text, as well as the footnotes, must be translated with care.
Word family
cumhoworicumanyway, in any case
precum șias well as (fixed phrase)
caas, likeasemenealikewise, similarlyEtymology
Precum is a native Romanian formation, built from the prefix pre- (from Latin per) attached to cum, meaning how. Cum itself descends from Latin quomodo, in which manner. The compound tightened over time into a single word used to introduce comparisons and examples.
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