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prietenă
female friend /pri.eˈte.nə/
noun#519 most common
Also: girlfriend (romantic partner), companion
Example sentences
Ea este prietena mea.
She is my friend.
Am o prietenă bună la școală.
I have a good friend at school.
Prietena mea locuiește în Cluj.
My friend lives in Cluj.
Nu am mai vorbit cu prietena mea de mult timp.
I haven't spoken with my friend in a long time.
Prietena ei cea mai bună a ajutat-o să treacă peste despărțire.
Her best friend helped her get through the breakup.
Deși distanța dintre ele crescuse, prietena din copilărie a rămas un reper moral în viața ei.
Although the distance between them had grown, her childhood friend remained a moral touchstone in her life.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | prietenă | prietene |
| Genitive | prietenei | prietenelor |
| Accusative | prietenă | prietene |
| Vocative | prieteno | prietenelor |
Word family
prietenmale friendprieteniefriendshipprietenosfriendly
prieteneștein a friendly way
a se prietenito become friends (with someone)
Etymology
Prietenă is the feminine form of prieten, a word Romanian borrowed from Old Slavic prijatelĭ, meaning friend. That Slavic noun comes from the verb prijati, to favor or be well disposed toward someone. The underlying root also produced the English word friend, by a different, Germanic route, which is why the two words share a deep family resemblance despite looking nothing alike.
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