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raznă
astray, off course (used with verbs like "a lua/a merge/a vorbi razna": to go haywire, go wrong, ramble incoherently) /ˈraz.na/
adverb#2046 most common
Also: haywire, out of control, incoherently, nonsensically (of speech or thought), off track, awry
Example sentences
Mașina a luat-o razna pe gheață.
The car skidded out of control on the ice.
Vorbește razna de când a luat febră.
He's been talking nonsense ever since he got a fever.
Bătrânul vorbea razna, amestecând amintiri vechi cu fapte de ieri.
The old man rambled incoherently, mixing old memories with yesterday's events.
După ce a pierdut jobul, viața lui a luat-o razna.
After he lost his job, his life went off the rails.
Discuția a luat-o razna și nimeni nu mai știa care era subiectul inițial.
The discussion went haywire and no one knew the original topic anymore.
Economia globală a luat-o razna în urma crizei, iar analiștii nu au reușit să prevadă amploarea haosului.
The global economy went haywire after the crisis, and analysts failed to predict the scale of the chaos.
Word family
a (o) lua raznato go haywire, to lose one's grip on reality
a merge raznato go wrong, to go off course
a vorbi raznato talk nonsense, to ramble
de-a raznawildly, in disarray, every which way
Etymology
Razna is a borrowing from South Slavic, tracing back to Bulgarian and Serbian/Croatian "razno", meaning "in different ways" or "in various directions". Romanian took it in as an invariable adverb, almost always paired with verbs like "a lua", "a merge", or "a vorbi" to describe going off the right path, whether literally or figuratively. It never developed the noun or adjective forms that its Slavic source has.
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