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superman
superman (a man with extraordinary abilities) /su.per.ˈman/
noun#4618 most common
Also: superhero, exceptional man
Example sentences
El este ca un superman.
He is like a superman.
Tatăl meu e un adevărat superman acasă.
My dad is a real superman at home.
Nu poți fi superman în fiecare zi, uneori ai nevoie de odihnă.
You can't be superman every day, sometimes you need rest.
Presa l-a numit „supermanul” fotbalului românesc după acel meci.
The press called him the "superman" of Romanian football after that match.
Mulți angajați se simt presați să devină niște supermeni la locul de muncă, ceea ce duce la epuizare.
Many employees feel pressured to become supermen at work, which leads to burnout.
Mitul supermanului corporatist, capabil să rezolve orice criză peste noapte, s-a dovedit a fi nesustenabil.
The myth of the corporate superman, able to solve any crisis overnight, proved unsustainable.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | superman | supermeni |
| Genitive | supermanului | supermenilor |
| Accusative | superman | supermeni |
| Vocative | supermanule | supermenilor |
Word family
supraomoverman, superman (native calque, more literary)
supraumansuperhuman
supraomenescsuperhuman, extraordinary
supererousuperhero (preferred term for the comic-book genre)
Etymology
Romanian borrowed "superman" directly from English in the twentieth century, along with the comic-book character it names. English itself built the word from Latin "super" (above, beyond) and Germanic "man". Romanian keeps the English spelling and roughly the English pronunciation rather than translating it, though the native calque "supraom" exists for more formal or literary use.
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