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toast
toast (a short speech given before drinking to someone's health) /ˈto̯ast/
noun#4221 most common
Also: toasted sandwich, toasted bread
Example sentences
Vreau un toast cu șuncă și cașcaval.
I want a ham and cheese toast.
La cafenea am comandat un toast pentru micul dejun.
At the cafe I ordered a toast for breakfast.
Bunicul a ridicat un toast în cinstea mirilor.
Grandfather raised a toast in honor of the newlyweds.
Toastul lui a fost scurt, dar plin de emoție.
His toast was short but full of emotion.
Nimeni nu se aștepta ca toastul rostit de naș să dureze atât de mult.
No one expected the toast given by the godfather to last so long.
Tradiția toasturilor solemne s-a păstrat la nunțile din sat, deși multe alte obiceiuri au dispărut.
The tradition of solemn toasts has survived at weddings in the village, though many other customs have disappeared.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | toast | toasturi |
| Genitive | toastului | toasturilor |
| Accusative | toast | toasturi |
| Vocative | toast | toasturi |
Word family
a toastato raise a toast; to toast bread
toastertoaster (appliance), informal term
prăjitor de pâinetoaster, the native formal term
pâine prăjitătoasted bread, the native equivalent phrase
Etymology
Romanian borrowed "toast" from French, which had earlier taken it from English. English "toast" comes from Old French "toste," from Latin "tostare," a form of "torrere," meaning to roast or scorch. The drinking sense grew out of the old custom of putting spiced toasted bread in wine, and later of raising a glass while naming the person being honored.
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