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roșu
red /ˈro.ʃu/
adjective#1627 most common
Also: red (color, as a noun), communist/leftist (colloquial, "roșii")
Example sentences
Mărul este roșu.
The apple is red.
Am o rochie roșie.
I have a red dress.
Mașina roșie e a vecinului meu.
The red car belongs to my neighbor.
Ea a vopsit peretele în roșu.
She painted the wall red.
Semaforul era roșu, dar el a trecut oricum.
The light was red, but he crossed anyway.
Politicienii de stânga sunt uneori numiți, în glumă, roșii.
Left-wing politicians are sometimes jokingly called "reds."
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | roșu (m) / roșie (f) | roșii |
| Genitive | roșu (m) / roșii (f) | roșii |
| Accusative | roșu (m) / roșie (f) | roșii |
| Vocative | roșule (m) / roșie (f) | roșiilor |
Word family
roșietomato
roșcatreddish, ginger-haired
a înroșito redden, to blush
roșeațăredness, a blush
roșiaticreddish
Etymology
Roșu descends from Latin russus, a variant of ruber meaning red. The word survived directly in spoken Latin in the region and kept its basic color sense through Romanian's history. Its final vowel shifts by gender and number, as with other Romanian adjectives of Latin origin.
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