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scenă
stage /ˈst͡ʃe.nə/
noun#845 most common
Also: scene (of a play or film), a fuss or outburst (a face o scenă = to make a scene)
Example sentences
Actorul urcă pe scenă.
The actor goes up on stage.
Scena este mare și luminoasă.
The stage is big and bright.
Am văzut o scenă foarte emoționantă în acest film.
I saw a very moving scene in this film.
Regizorul a schimbat complet decorul scenei înainte de premieră.
The director completely changed the stage's set before the premiere.
Actrița a dominat scena cu o prezență impresionantă.
The actress dominated the stage with an impressive presence.
Criticii au dezbătut îndelung simbolismul scenei finale din piesă.
Critics debated at length the symbolism of the play's final scene.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | scenă | scene |
| Genitive | scenei | scenelor |
| Accusative | scenă | scene |
| Vocative | scenă | scene |
Word family
scenariuscript, screenplay, scenario
scenicscenic, relating to the stage
scenografstage designer
scenografiestage design, set design
a pune în scenăto stage, to direct a production
Etymology
Scenă entered Romanian through French scène, itself from Latin scaena, which came from Greek skēnē, meaning tent or booth, and later the raised platform where actors performed. The word kept both its literal sense of a physical stage and its figurative sense of a unit of dramatic action.
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