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serios
serious /se.ri.ˈos/
adjective#202 most common
Also: earnest, grave, severe (of a situation)
Example sentences
Tata este serios.
Dad is serious.
Profesoara noastră este foarte serioasă.
Our teacher is very serious.
Trebuie să fim serioși când discutăm despre bani.
We must be serious when we discuss money.
Vorbești serios sau glumești?
Are you speaking seriously or joking?
Situația economică a devenit din ce în ce mai serioasă.
The economic situation has become more and more serious.
Deși glumea des, de data aceasta părea remarcabil de serios.
Although he often joked, this time he seemed remarkably serious.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | serios (m) / serioasă (f) | serioși (m) / serioase (f) |
| Genitive | serios (m) / serioase (f) | serioși (m) / serioase (f) |
| Accusative | serios (m) / serioasă (f) | serioși (m) / serioase (f) |
| Vocative | serios (m) / serioasă (f) | serioși (m) / serioase (f) |
Word family
seriozitateseriousness
neseriosunserious, frivolous, not to be trusted
seriosseriously (same form as the adjective)a lua în seriosto take seriously
Etymology
Romanian took "serios" from French "sérieux" during the nineteenth-century push to re-Latinize the language, with support from Italian "serio". Both ultimately trace to Latin "serius", meaning grave or earnest. The deeper origin of the Latin word is not firmly established, so no reconstructed root is given here.
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