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vânzar
seller, vendor (archaic/regional) /vɨnˈzar/
noun#2694 most common
Also: merchant, trader (old-fashioned), traitor, betrayer (archaic, literary)
Example sentences
Vânzarul are pâine.
The seller has bread.
Vânzarul din piață vinde legume.
The seller in the market sells vegetables.
Am vorbit cu un vânzar cinstit.
I spoke with an honest seller.
Vechii vânzari umblau din sat în sat cu marfa lor.
The old-time peddlers went from village to village with their goods.
Cronicarul îl numește vânzar al neamului, adică trădător.
The chronicler calls him a vânzar of his people, that is, a traitor.
În texte vechi, cuvântul vânzar apare cu sensul de trădător, nu doar de negustor.
In old texts, the word vânzar appears with the meaning of traitor, not just merchant.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | vânzar (vânzarul) | vânzari (vânzarii) |
| Genitive | vânzar (vânzarului) | vânzari (vânzarilor) |
| Accusative | vânzar (vânzarul) | vânzari (vânzarii) |
| Vocative | vânzarule | vânzarilor |
Word family
a vindeto sell
vânzaresale, sellingvânzătorseller, salesman (modern standard form)vânzătoaresaleswoman
vândutsold
Etymology
Vânzar comes from the Romanian verb a vinde, to sell, which descends from Latin vendere. Vendere itself is a fusion of venum (for sale) and dare (to give). The suffix -ar, from Latin -arius, is the same one that builds Romanian trade names like fierar (blacksmith) and pescar (fisherman). Modern standard Romanian replaced this form with vânzător, but vânzar survives in older texts and some regional speech, sometimes with the darker sense of one who sells out, a traitor.
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