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urmă
trace /ˈur.mə/
noun#192 most common
Also: footprint/track, mark, ago (in the phrase 'în urmă cu')
Example sentences
Am văzut o urmă de picior în nisip.
I saw a footprint in the sand.
Cu trei ani în urmă, am vizitat Parisul.
Three years ago, I visited Paris.
Poliția a găsit urme de sânge lângă ușă.
The police found traces of blood near the door.
Am mers pe urmele lui prin toată țara.
I followed in his footsteps throughout the country.
Nu era nicio urmă de regret în cuvintele lui.
There was not a trace of regret in his words.
Marii scriitori lasă o urmă adâncă în conștiința unei națiuni, chiar și după ce numele lor este uitat.
Great writers leave a deep mark on a nation's consciousness, even after their names are forgotten.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | urmă | urme |
| Genitive | urmei | urmelor |
| Accusative | urmă | urme |
| Vocative | urmă | urme |
Word family
următornext, following
a urmărito follow, watch, pursue
urmașdescendant, successor
urmareconsequence, result
urmărirepursuit, chase, surveillanceEtymology
The origin of urmă is not settled. Latin gives no clear parent for it, so Romanian dictionaries usually list it among the everyday words inherited from the language spoken in the region before Roman rule. No confirmed cognate has been found in another Romance or Balkan language. This leaves urmă in a small group of common Romanian words whose ancestry stays genuinely unresolved.
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