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regret
regret /reˈɡret/
noun#1389 most common
Also: remorse, sorrow
Example sentences
Nu am niciun regret.
I have no regrets.
Regretul lui este mare.
His regret is great.
Ea trăiește cu un regret profund.
She lives with a deep regret.
Regretele din trecut nu pot fi schimbate.
Regrets from the past cannot be changed.
Privind în urmă, regretul cel mai mare al vieții mele rămâne acea decizie.
Looking back, the greatest regret of my life remains that decision.
Regretele neexprimate se adună în timp și devin o povară greu de dus.
Unexpressed regrets build up over time and become a heavy burden to carry.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | regret | regrete |
| Genitive | regretului | regretelor |
| Accusative | regret | regrete |
| Vocative | regretule | regretelor |
Word family
a regretato regret, to be sorry about
regretabilregrettable
regretatregretted; also a polite word for "the late" (deceased)
regretosrare/dialectal: full of regret
Etymology
Romanian borrowed "regret" from French "regret," a noun built on the Old French verb "regreter," meaning to bewail or lament someone or something lost. That verb's roots are debated, but many dictionaries trace it to a Germanic base tied to weeping, related to the Old Norse verb for crying. The word entered Romanian in the 19th century as part of a broad wave of French borrowings during the modernization of the language.
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