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treabă
task, thing to do /ˈtre̯abə/
noun#178 most common
Also: business, affair, chore, matter
Example sentences
Am treabă acum.
I'm busy right now.
Ce treabă ai cu el?
What business do you have with him?
Nu-i treaba ta.
It's not your business.
Am multe treburi de rezolvat azi.
I have a lot of things to sort out today.
Fiecare să-și vadă de treaba lui.
Everyone should mind their own business.
S-a dus la treaba lui fără să scoată o vorbă, de parcă nimic din ce se întâmplase nu-l privea.
He went about his business without a word, as if none of what had happened concerned him.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | treabă | treburi |
| Genitive | treburii | treburilor |
| Accusative | treabă | treburi |
| Vocative | treabă | treburi |
Word family
a trebuito need, must
treburiaffairs, matters (plural)
netrebnicgood-for-nothing, scoundrel
trebuinciosnecessary, needed (archaic/regional)
Etymology
Treabă entered Romanian from Old Church Slavonic trěba, meaning need or necessity. The word kept that core sense of something required or to be dealt with, which is why modern Romanian still uses it for chores, business, and matters that need handling. It is one of many everyday Romanian words inherited from early Slavic contact, alongside the verb a trebui, which shares the same root.
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