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puțină
a little (of something), a small amount /puˈt͡sinə/
adjective#1095 most common
Also: some, a bit of, little
Example sentences
Vreau puțină apă, te rog.
I want a little water, please.
Pune puțină sare în mâncare.
Put a little salt in the food.
Mai am puțină răbdare cu tine.
I still have a little patience left for you.
A mai rămas puțină speranță că vom câștiga.
A little hope remains that we will win.
Cu puțină șansă, vom termina proiectul la timp.
With a little luck, we will finish the project on time.
Deși avea puțină experiență în domeniu, a impresionat comisia printr-o prezentare remarcabilă.
Although she had little experience in the field, she impressed the committee with a remarkable presentation.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | puțină | puține |
| Genitive | puține | puține |
| Accusative | puțină | puține |
| Vocative | puțină | puține |
Word family
puținlittle, few, not much
puținefew, little (feminine plural)
puțintel / puținticăjust a tiny bit, affectionate form
a împuținato diminish, to reduce in amount
puținătatescarcity, paucity
Etymology
Puțină is the feminine form of puțin, the ordinary Romanian word for "little." Most sources trace puțin to Latin putinus, a rare diminutive tied to putus, meaning small or delicate, rather than to the classical Latin word paucus that gives French peu or Italian poco. This makes Romanian unusual among Romance languages, since it did not keep the paucus root for its everyday word for "little." The feminine ending -ă was added to match feminine nouns.
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