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promisiune
promise /promiˈsjune/
noun#1642 most common
Also: pledge, vow, commitment
Example sentences
Aceasta este o promisiune.
This is a promise.
Ți-am făcut o promisiune.
I made you a promise.
El nu și-a respectat promisiunea.
He did not keep his promise.
Promisiunile politicienilor rareori se împlinesc.
Politicians' promises rarely come true.
Ea a rupt promisiunea pe care mi-a făcut-o acum un an.
She broke the promise she made me a year ago.
Fidelitatea față de o promisiune spune mai multe despre caracterul cuiva decât orice discurs.
Faithfulness to a promise says more about a person's character than any speech.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | promisiune / promisiunea | promisiuni / promisiunile |
| Genitive | promisiuni / promisiunii | promisiuni / promisiunilor |
| Accusative | promisiune / promisiunea | promisiuni / promisiunile |
| Vocative | promisiune | promisiuni |
Word family
Etymology
Promisiune entered Romanian in the nineteenth century as a learned borrowing, part of the deliberate re-Latinization of Romanian vocabulary through French. It traces to Latin promissio, promissionem, the noun form of promittere, built from pro- (forth) and mittere (to send). The everyday Romanian verb a promite, inherited directly from Latin, existed earlier; promisiune was added later as the formal noun for the act of promising.
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