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undeva
somewhere /unˈdeva/
adverb#547 most common
Also: anywhere, someplace
Example sentences
Cartea este undeva pe masă.
The book is somewhere on the table.
L-am văzut undeva, dar nu-mi amintesc unde.
I saw him somewhere, but I don't remember where.
Vrem să mergem undeva în weekend.
We want to go somewhere this weekend.
Trebuie să fi pus cheile undeva prin casă.
I must have put the keys somewhere around the house.
Simțeam că am mai citit ideea asta undeva, deși nu puteam localiza sursa.
I felt I had read this idea somewhere before, though I could not pin down the source.
Adevărul se află undeva la mijloc, între exagerările amândurora.
The truth lies somewhere in the middle, between both sides' exaggerations.
Word family
undewhere
niciundenowhere
oriundewherever, anywherecevasomething (same -va suffix family)cinevasomeone (same -va suffix family)Etymology
Undeva is built from unde, "where", plus the indefinite suffix -va. Romanian forms a whole set of indefinite words this way: cineva ("someone"), ceva ("something"), cumva ("somehow"). The suffix -va is believed to come from Latin vult, "it wants", the third-person form of velle. Attached to a question word, it turned a fixed question into an open one: not "where" but "wherever it may be".
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