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repede
quickly, fast /ˈre.pe.de/
adverb#237 most common
Also: fast (as an adjective, describing motion), soon, rashly, hastily (in the derived sense)
Example sentences
Mașina merge repede.
The car goes fast.
Vino repede, te rog!
Come quickly, please!
Ea vorbește prea repede și nu o înțeleg.
She talks too fast and I can't understand her.
Trebuie să găsim o soluție cât mai repede posibil.
We need to find a solution as quickly as possible.
Râul curgea repede printre stânci, purtând cu el frunze și crengi.
The river flowed fast among the rocks, carrying leaves and branches with it.
Caii repezi ai fermierului au câștigat cursa fără nicio dificultate.
The farmer's fast horses won the race without any difficulty.
Word family
a (se) repezito rush, dash, dart forward
repeziciunespeed, swiftness
repezit, -ăhasty, brusque, rash
repezealăhaste, hurry
Etymology
Repede comes from Latin rapidus, meaning swift or hurried. Rapidus itself is built on the verb rapere, to seize or snatch, describing something that moves as suddenly as a thing being grabbed. Over centuries of sound change, Latin rapidus became Romanian repede, keeping the core meaning of speed intact.
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