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puțin
a little, not much /puˈt͡sin/
adjective#148 most common
Also: few, some (in small amount), little by little (puțin câte puțin)
Example sentences
Mai vreau puțin.
I want a little more.
Am puțin timp astăzi.
I have little time today.
A rămas puțină pâine în bucătărie.
There is a little bread left in the kitchen.
Puțini oameni știu adevărul.
Few people know the truth.
Cu puțină răbdare, vei reuși.
With a little patience, you will succeed.
Puțin câte puțin, orașul s-a schimbat complet.
Little by little, the city changed completely.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | puțin / puțină | puțini / puține |
| Genitive | puțin / puțină | puțini / puține |
| Accusative | puțin / puțină | puțini / puține |
| Vocative | puțin / puțină | puțini / puține |
Word family
puțintela tiny bit, just a little
puținticăa tiny little bit (feminine, informal)
puținătatescarcity, paucity
împuținato diminish, to reduce, to dwindle
Etymology
Puțin descends from Vulgar Latin paucinus, a diminutive built on classical Latin paucus, meaning few or little. The word kept its core sense across the history of Romanian, shifting easily between adjective and adverb use. Its Latin root paucus also gave rise to related words for smallness or scarcity in other Romance languages.
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