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umbră
shadow /ˈum.brə/
noun#1674 most common
Also: shade, figurative shadow (of doubt, of the past)
Example sentences
Copacul are o umbră mare.
The tree has a big shadow.
Stăm la umbră pentru că e foarte cald.
We are sitting in the shade because it is very hot.
Umbra ei se mișca încet pe perete.
Her shadow moved slowly on the wall.
Nu-i place să lucreze la umbra fratelui său mai mare.
He does not like working in his older brother's shadow.
Trecutul lui arunca o umbră asupra deciziilor prezente.
His past cast a shadow over his present decisions.
Poetul a scris despre umbra care se strecoară printre amintiri, estompând granița dintre vis și realitate.
The poet wrote about the shadow that slips among memories, blurring the line between dream and reality.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | umbră | umbre |
| Genitive | umbre | umbre |
| Accusative | umbră | umbre |
| Vocative | umbră | umbre |
Word family
umbrelăumbrella
umbrosshady, shadowy
a umbrito overshadow, to cast a shadow on
umbrara shed or awning that gives shade
Etymology
Umbră comes from Latin umbra, meaning shadow or shade, a word inherited directly into Romanian rather than borrowed later. The Latin term itself has no settled deeper origin; scholars have not agreed on a reliable Indo-European root behind it. Romanian kept both the literal sense, a shape blocking light, and the figurative one, a lingering trace or influence, much as Latin did.
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