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timid
shy, timid /tiˈmid/
adjective#5275 most common
Also: timorous, tentative, half-hearted (of actions, reforms)
Example sentences
Copilul este timid.
The child is shy.
Ea este puțin timidă cu străinii.
She is a bit shy with strangers.
Mulți adolescenți devin timizi în preajma necunoscuților.
Many teenagers become shy around strangers.
Zâmbetul lui timid a trădat emoția pe care încerca să o ascundă.
His timid smile betrayed the emotion he was trying to hide.
Guvernul a făcut doar niște reforme timide, insuficiente pentru a rezolva criza.
The government made only timid reforms, insufficient to solve the crisis.
Încercarea sa timidă de a media conflictul nu a schimbat cu nimic raportul de forțe dintre cele două tabere.
His timid attempt to mediate the conflict changed nothing in the balance of power between the two camps.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | timid (m) / timidă (f) | timizi (m) / timide (f) |
| Genitive | timid (m) / timide (f) | timizi (m) / timide (f) |
| Accusative | timid (m) / timidă (f) | timizi (m) / timide (f) |
| Vocative | timidule (m) / timido (f) | timizilor (m) / timidelor (f) |
Word family
timiditateshyness, timidity
timorattimorous, fearful
a intimidato intimidate
timidtimidly (same form as masculine singular, used adverbially: "a zâmbit timid")Etymology
Romanian borrowed "timid" from French "timide" in the 19th century, during the wave of French-based modernization of Romanian vocabulary. The French word traces to Latin "timidus", meaning fearful, itself built on the verb "timere", to fear. The Latin root's deeper origin is uncertain, so no reliable Indo-European root can be given.
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