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vârstă
age (a person's number of years) /ˈvɨrstə/
noun#760 most common
Also: stage of life, age group
Example sentences
Ce vârstă ai?
How old are you?
El are aceeași vârstă ca mine.
He is the same age as me.
La vârsta de zece ani, a învățat să înoate.
At the age of ten, he learned to swim.
Vârsta nu contează atunci când vine vorba de prietenie.
Age doesn't matter when it comes to friendship.
Mulți oameni își ascund vârsta reală pe rețelele de socializare.
Many people hide their real age on social media.
Odată cu înaintarea în vârstă, memoria poate să slăbească treptat.
As one grows older, memory can gradually weaken.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | vârstă | vârste |
| Genitive | vârste | vârste |
| Accusative | vârstă | vârste |
| Vocative | vârstă | vârste |
Word family
vârstnicelderly, senior citizen
vârstnicieold age, seniority
de-o vârstăof the same age
Etymology
Vârstă entered Romanian from a South Slavic source related to Old Church Slavonic vrьstъ, meaning a row, rank, or turn, which extended to a person's turn in life, that is, their age. This is one of many Slavic loanwords that settled into everyday Romanian vocabulary alongside the Latin core. The word displaced or ran parallel to Latin-derived expressions for age in daily speech.
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