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răzbunare

revenge /rəzbuˈnare/

noun#1917 most common

Also: vengeance, retaliation

Example sentences

Ea vrea răzbunare.
She wants revenge.
El plănuiește o răzbunare.
He is planning a revenge.
Răzbunarea nu rezolvă nimic.
Revenge solves nothing.
După ani de suferință, și-a găsit în sfârșit răzbunarea.
After years of suffering, he finally got his revenge.
Dorința de răzbunare i-a distrus viața.
The desire for revenge destroyed his life.
Istoricii susțin că războiul a fost, în esență, o formă de răzbunare colectivă.
Historians argue that the war was, in essence, a form of collective revenge.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativerăzbunarerăzbunări
Genitiverăzbunărirăzbunări
Accusativerăzbunarerăzbunări
Vocativerăzbunarerăzbunări

Word family

a (se) răzbunato avenge oneself, to take revenge
răzbunătorvengeful; avenger
nerăzbunatunavenged
răzbunătoarevengeful (feminine form)

Etymology

Răzbunare is the noun form of the verb a răzbuna, built with the productive suffix -are that turns first-conjugation verbs into action nouns (compare a lucra, lucrare). The verb itself carries the prefix răz-, a common Romanian prefix of Slavic origin marking a thorough or reversing action. The exact root joined to this prefix is debated among Romanian etymologists, so no single ultimate source is certain.

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