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trafic
traffic (movement of vehicles, or illicit trade/dealing) /traˈfik/
noun#1778 most common
Also: trafficking (illegal trade, as in "trafic de droguri"), flow (of goods, data, or people)
Example sentences
În oraș este mult trafic.
There is a lot of traffic in the city.
Traficul este aglomerat dimineața.
Traffic is heavy in the morning.
Traficul rutier a fost blocat din cauza unui accident.
Road traffic was blocked because of an accident.
Poliția a descoperit un trafic de droguri în acest cartier.
The police uncovered a drug trafficking operation in this neighborhood.
Autoritățile investighează o rețea de trafic de persoane.
Authorities are investigating a human trafficking network.
Creșterea traficului de pe această arteră a determinat autoritățile să reconsidere planul de sistematizare rutieră.
The rise in traffic on this artery led authorities to reconsider the road planning scheme.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | trafic | traficuri |
| Genitive | traficului | traficurilor |
| Accusative | trafic | traficuri |
| Vocative | trafic | traficuri |
Word family
a traficato traffic, to deal illegally
traficanttrafficker, dealertraficantăfemale trafficker, dealer
trafic rutierroad traffic
Etymology
Romanian "trafic" was borrowed from French "trafic" in the 19th century, during the wave of French-derived vocabulary that reshaped modern Romanian. French took the word from Italian "traffico", tied to the verb "trafficare", meaning to trade or deal. The deeper origin of the Italian word is disputed among etymologists, so no single root is settled.
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