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scurgere

leak /ˈskurdʒere/

noun#3301 most common

Also: drain, discharge/outflow, passing (of time)

Example sentences

Chiuveta are o scurgere.
The sink has a leak.
Scurgerea de la baie este înfundată.
The bathroom drain is clogged.
A fost o scurgere de apă în subsol.
There was a water leak in the basement.
Muncitorii au reparat scurgerea de gaz.
The workers fixed the gas leak.
Scurgerea de petrol din larg a afectat viața marină.
The offshore oil spill affected marine life.
Scurgerea de informații clasificate a zguduit serviciile secrete.
The leak of classified information shook the secret services.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativescurgere / scurgereascurgeri / scurgerile
Genitivescurgeriiscurgerilor
Accusativescurgere / scurgereascurgeri / scurgerile
Vocativescurgerescurgeri

Word family

a scurgeto drain, flow out, leak
scurs / scursădrained, run out
scurgătordrainer, strainer
scurgeri vaginalevaginal discharge (medical set phrase)

Etymology

Scurgere is a noun built from the verb a scurge, meaning to drain or flow out. The verb adds the prefix s-, from Latin ex-, to curge, meaning to flow, which comes from Latin currere, to run. The -ere ending mirrors the long infinitive form, the same pattern that turns a curge into curgere, flow.

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