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teribil
terrible, dreadful /te.riˈbil/
adjective#1763 most common
Also: awful, terribly, extremely (as intensifier: teribil de), impossible, unruly (of a child, echoing French enfant terrible)
Example sentences
Filmul a fost teribil.
The movie was terrible.
Am avut o zi teribilă la muncă.
I had a terrible day at work.
Afară este teribil de frig.
Outside it's terribly cold.
Este un copil teribil, care nu ascultă de nimeni.
He's an impossible child, who listens to no one.
Cutremurul a provocat pagube teribile în oraș.
The earthquake caused terrible damage in the city.
Deși actorul e cunoscut pentru rolurile sale grave, în interviuri se dovedește teribil de amuzant.
Although the actor is known for his serious roles, in interviews he turns out to be terribly funny.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | teribil / teribilă | teribili / teribile |
| Genitive | teribil / teribile | teribili / teribile |
| Accusative | teribil / teribilă | teribili / teribile |
| Vocative | teribil / teribilă | teribili / teribile |
Word family
teroareterror
a terorizato terrorize
terifiantterrifying
teribilismflamboyant, attention-seeking behavior meant to shock
teribil deterribly, extremely (as an intensifier)
Etymology
Teribil entered Romanian from French terrible, which itself descends from Latin terribilis, meaning fit to cause fear. The Latin word is built on the verb terrere, to frighten, plus the adjective-forming suffix -ibilis. Romanian absorbed the word during its 19th-century wave of French and Latin-based borrowings that modernized its vocabulary.
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