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pungă
bag (a plastic or paper bag, or small pouch/purse) /ˈpun.gə/
noun#2356 most common
Also: pouch, purse (small money bag)
Example sentences
Am o pungă.
I have a bag.
Pune mărul în pungă.
Put the apple in the bag.
Vrei o pungă pentru cumpărături?
Do you want a bag for your shopping?
Am cumpărat o pungă de cartofi de la piață.
I bought a bag of potatoes at the market.
Și-a uitat punga cu cumpărături în autobuz.
She forgot her shopping bag on the bus.
Guvernul a interzis pungile de plastic de unică folosință pentru a reduce poluarea.
The government banned single-use plastic bags to reduce pollution.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | pungă | pungi |
| Genitive | pungi | pungilor |
| Accusative | pungă | pungi |
| Vocative | pungo | pungilor |
Word family
pungașswindler, pickpocket
pungășieswindle, trickery
punguțălittle bag, small pouch
Etymology
Pungă comes from Latin punga, a colloquial word for a small bag or pouch used to carry coins or goods. The word passed into Romanian with its core meaning intact and later extended to cover the modern plastic shopping bag. It is not related to the verb a împunge (to prick, from Latin pungere), despite the similar spelling.
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