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proaspăt
fresh /ˈproaspət/
adjective#1839 most common
Also: newly (in compounds like 'freshly arrived'), recent
Example sentences
Pâinea este proaspătă.
The bread is fresh.
Vreau lapte proaspăt, te rog.
I want fresh milk, please.
Am cumpărat legume proaspete de la piață.
I bought fresh vegetables from the market.
Este recomandat să mănânci fructe proaspete în fiecare zi.
It is recommended to eat fresh fruit every day.
Peștele proaspăt trebuie gătit în aceeași zi în care a fost prins.
Fresh fish must be cooked the same day it is caught.
Proaspăt numit în funcție, ministrul a promis reforme radicale.
Freshly appointed to the post, the minister promised radical reforms.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | proaspăt (m) / proaspătă (f) | proaspeți (m) / proaspete (f) |
| Genitive | proaspăt (m) / proaspete (f) | proaspeți (m) / proaspete (f) |
| Accusative | proaspăt (m) / proaspătă (f) | proaspeți (m) / proaspete (f) |
| Vocative | proaspăt (m) / proaspătă (f) | proaspeți (m) / proaspete (f) |
Word family
proaspătăfresh (feminine singular agreement)
proaspetefresh (feminine plural / genitive-dative agreement)
prospețimefreshness
a împrospătato refresh, to renew, to freshen up
Etymology
Proaspăt is a Romanian adjective of disputed origin. The hypothesis favored by some Romance philologists, including Alexandru Ciorănescu, traces it to a Vulgar Latin phrase built from prope (near, close) and factum (made, done), giving a sense close to recently made. Under this theory the word is a distant relative of Romanian fapt and English fact, both from Latin facere. Other scholars regard the etymology as unresolved, so the account above should be read as a leading proposal rather than settled fact.
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