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tupeu
nerve (audacity, cheek) /tuˈpew/
noun#4085 most common
Also: cheek, gall, chutzpah
Example sentences
Are tupeu.
He has nerve.
Ce tupeu ai!
What nerve you have!
Nu am tupeul să îi spun adevărul.
I don't have the nerve to tell him the truth.
Trebuie mult tupeu ca să minți în fața tuturor.
It takes a lot of nerve to lie in front of everyone.
Tupeul cu care a cerut o mărire de salariu după doar o săptămână m-a lăsat fără cuvinte.
The nerve with which he asked for a raise after only one week left me speechless.
Într-o lume în care modestia pare depășită, tupeul a devenit aproape o virtute necesară pentru a reuși.
In a world where modesty seems outdated, nerve has become almost a necessary virtue for success.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | tupeu | tupeuri |
| Genitive | tupeului | tupeurilor |
| Accusative | tupeu | tupeuri |
| Vocative | tupeule | tupeurilor |
Word family
tupeistinsolent, cheeky, brazen
a avea tupeuto have nerve, to be bold enough
obrazniccheeky, impudent (near-synonym, native word)neobrăzareimpudence, insolence (near-synonym)
Etymology
Tupeu comes from French toupet, a word that first meant a tuft of hair worn upright at the front of the head. Over time French speakers stretched the word figuratively to mean brazen self-confidence, the boldness of someone who carries themselves without shame. Romanian borrowed this figurative sense directly in the 19th century, during the wave of French loanwords that reshaped much of Romanian vocabulary.
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