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prostituată
prostitute (a woman who has sex for money) /pros.ti.tuˈa.tə/
noun#3536 most common
Also: prostituted (as a past-participle adjective), sex worker (softer, euphemistic register)
Example sentences
Ea este prostituată.
She is a prostitute.
Am văzut o prostituată lângă gară.
I saw a prostitute near the train station.
Poliția a arestat o prostituată aseară.
The police arrested a prostitute last night.
Multe prostituate lucrează pe strada aceasta noaptea.
Many prostitutes work on this street at night.
Jurnalistul a scris un reportaj despre viața unei prostituate din București.
The journalist wrote a piece about the life of a prostitute from Bucharest.
Presa a devenit o prostituată a puterii politice.
The press has become a prostitute of political power.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | prostituată | prostituate |
| Genitive | prostituate | prostituate |
| Accusative | prostituată | prostituate |
| Vocative | prostituato | prostituatelor |
Word family
a (se) prostituato prostitute (oneself)
prostituatprostituted (masculine form)
prostituțieprostitution
Etymology
The word entered Romanian from French "prostituée", itself from Latin "prostituta", the feminine past participle of "prostituere". That Latin verb combines "pro-" (forth, in public) with "statuere" (to set up, place), from "stare" (to stand). The original sense was literal: to set someone up for public display or sale, before it narrowed to its modern meaning.
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