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suprafață
surface /su.praˈfa.t͡sə/
noun#2228 most common
Also: area, expanse
Example sentences
Suprafața mesei este curată.
The table's surface is clean.
Camera are o suprafață de douăzeci de metri pătrați.
The room has an area of twenty square meters.
Trebuie să calculăm suprafața terenului înainte de a construi casa.
We need to calculate the area of the land before building the house.
Suprafața apei era complet netedă în dimineața aceea.
The water's surface was completely smooth that morning.
Suprafețele expuse la soare se decolorează mai repede.
Surfaces exposed to the sun fade faster.
Reducerea suprafeței forestiere afectează echilibrul ecologic al regiunii.
The reduction of forest area affects the region's ecological balance.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | suprafață | suprafețe |
| Genitive | suprafeței | suprafețelor |
| Accusative | suprafață | suprafețe |
| Vocative | suprafață | suprafețe |
Word family
Etymology
Suprafață is built from supra, meaning above, and față, meaning face. Both pieces trace to Latin, supra directly and față from Latin facies. The word mirrors the structure of Latin superficies, which was formed the same way from super and facies, so it likely arose as a calque on that model rather than as a direct borrowing.
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