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stop
stop sign /ˈstop/
noun#1415 most common
Also: brake light (of a car), stop! (command to halt)
Example sentences
Șoferul oprește la semnul de stop.
The driver stops at the stop sign.
Polițistul a strigat: Stop!
The police officer shouted: Stop!
Un stop de la mașină nu funcționează.
One of the car's brake lights isn't working.
Stopul mașinii s-a aprins brusc în timp ce frâna.
The car's brake light came on suddenly while braking.
Stopurile din spatele autoturismului trebuie verificate înainte de inspecția tehnică.
The car's rear brake lights must be checked before the technical inspection.
În telegramele vechi, cuvântul stop marca sfârșitul unei propoziții.
In old telegrams, the word 'stop' marked the end of a sentence.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | stop | stopuri |
| Genitive | stopului | stopurilor |
| Accusative | stop | stopuri |
| Vocative | stop | stopuri |
Word family
stopstop! (command to halt)
a stopato stop, block, halt (e.g. a ball in sport)
stoparethe act of stopping or blocking
stopatstopped, blocked
Etymology
Romanian borrowed "stop" directly from French and German in the nineteenth century, both of which had taken it from English "stop." The English verb goes back to a Vulgar Latin form meaning to plug something with tow or fiber, from Latin "stuppa," itself from Greek. Romanian kept the word unchanged in spelling and close in sound, using it as both a noun and a command.
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