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pupic
little kiss (a peck or smooch) /puˈpik/
noun#5717 most common
Also: peck, smooch, kisses (as a sign-off, plural: pupici)
Example sentences
Mama îi dă un pupic copilului.
Mom gives the child a little kiss.
Îți trimit un pupic!
I'm sending you a kiss!
Bunica m-a pupat cu un pupic pe frunte înainte să plec.
Grandma gave me a little kiss on the forehead before I left.
Copilul a dat un pupic rapid mamei și a fugit la joacă.
The child gave his mother a quick little kiss and ran off to play.
La despărțire, și-au dat un pupic timid, stânjeniți de privirile celorlalți.
At parting, they gave each other a shy little kiss, embarrassed by the looks of others.
Deși relația lor părea răcită, un simplu pupic pe obraz, dat în grabă la ușă, a reaprins toată tandrețea de altădată.
Although their relationship seemed to have cooled, a simple little kiss on the cheek, given hastily at the door, rekindled all their old tenderness.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | pupic | pupici |
| Genitive | pupic | pupici |
| Accusative | pupic | pupici |
| Vocative | pupicule | pupicilor |
Word family
pupkiss (informal)
a pupato kiss (informal, childish register)
pupicikisses, used as an affectionate sign-off
pupăciosfond of kissing, cuddly
sărutkiss (neutral or formal register)Etymology
Pupic is the diminutive of pup, an informal Romanian word for a kiss, formed with the diminutive suffix -ic. Pup and the related verb a pupa (to kiss) belong to the expressive, nursery-register layer of Romanian vocabulary, the kind of word used with children and in affectionate speech rather than inherited directly from formal Latin vocabulary. Because these words are expressive in origin, dictionaries do not trace them to a secure Indo-European root.
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