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proastă
stupid /proˈastə/
adjective#837 most common
Also: foolish, silly, bad/poor (of things, not people)
Example sentences
Ea nu este proastă.
She is not stupid.
Am avut o idee proastă.
I had a bad idea.
Vremea a fost proastă în weekend.
The weather was bad over the weekend.
Nu fi proastă, gândește-te bine înainte de a decide.
Don't be foolish, think carefully before you decide.
Deși părea o soluție proastă la prima vedere, s-a dovedit a fi cea mai bună alegere.
Although it seemed like a bad solution at first glance, it turned out to be the best choice.
Criticii au numit filmul o proastă imitație a unui clasic, lipsită de orice originalitate.
Critics called the film a poor imitation of a classic, lacking any originality.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | proastă | proaste |
| Genitive | proaste | proaste |
| Accusative | proastă | proaste |
| Vocative | proasto | proastelor |
Word family
proststupid (masculine form)prostiestupidity, a foolish act
a prostito fool someone, to dull the mind
prostănaca simpleton, a fool
prostuța bit silly (diminutive, softer)
Etymology
Proastă is the feminine form of prost, a word Romanian borrowed from Old Slavic prostŭ, meaning plain, simple, or ordinary. Over time the sense narrowed from neutral simplicity to foolishness and, by extension, poor quality. This mirrors a common shift in many languages, where plain or unrefined comes to mean stupid or of low quality.
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