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sport /sport/

noun#1823 most common

Also: athletics, exercise

Example sentences

Eu fac sport.
I do sport.
Îmi place sportul.
I like sport.
Copiii practică sport în fiecare zi.
The children practice sport every day.
Sportul de performanță cere multă disciplină.
Competitive sport requires a lot of discipline.
Guvernul a alocat fonduri pentru dezvoltarea sporturilor de iarnă.
The government allocated funds for developing winter sports.
Fără o reformă structurală, finanțarea sportului de masă va rămâne insuficientă.
Without structural reform, funding for grassroots sport will remain insufficient.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativesportsporturi
Genitivesportuluisporturilor
Accusativesportsporturi
Vocativesportsporturi

Word family

sportivathletic; athlete
sportivăfemale athlete
sportivitatesportsmanship
nesportivunsportsmanlike
a face sportto work out, to exercise

Etymology

Romanian borrowed "sport" in the 19th century from French, which had taken it back from English. English "sport" itself started as a shortening of "disport," from Old French "desport," meaning amusement or diversion. That noun traces to Latin "deportare," literally "to carry away," built from "de-" and "portare," to carry.

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