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prieten
friend /priˈe.ten/
noun#156 most common
Also: boyfriend (informal, romantic sense), companion, ally
Example sentences
El este prietenul meu.
He is my friend.
Am doi prieteni buni la școală.
I have two good friends at school.
Prietenul meu vine mâine la mine acasă.
My friend is coming to my place tomorrow.
Un prieten adevărat te ascultă chiar și atunci când greșești.
A true friend listens to you even when you are wrong.
Prietene, nu uita promisiunea pe care mi-ai făcut-o.
Friend, don't forget the promise you made me.
Casa prietenilor noștri din copilărie a fost demolată anul acesta.
Our childhood friends' house was demolished this year.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | prieten / prietenul | prieteni / prietenii |
| Genitive | prieten / prietenului | prieteni / prietenilor |
| Accusative | prieten / prietenul | prieteni / prietenii |
| Vocative | prietene | prietenilor |
Word family
prieteniefriendshipprietenosfriendlyprietenăfemale friend, girlfriend
a se prietenito become friends, to befriend
prieteneștein a friendly manner
Etymology
Prieten comes from Old Church Slavonic prijatelĭ, meaning friend, which Romanian borrowed during centuries of contact with Slavic-speaking neighbors and church language. The Slavic word traces back to the verb prijati, to favor or be well disposed toward someone. That verb ultimately rests on a Proto-Indo-European root meaning to love or to hold dear, the same root that gave Germanic languages their word for friend.
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