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vagabond
vagabond, tramp /va.ɡaˈbond/
noun#4630 most common
Also: vagrant, wanderer, stray (as adjective, e.g. of a dog)
Example sentences
Vagabondul doarme pe stradă.
The vagabond sleeps on the street.
Am văzut un vagabond lângă gară.
I saw a vagabond near the train station.
Vagabonzii se adună seara sub pod.
The vagabonds gather under the bridge in the evening.
Poliția a amendat un vagabond pentru cerșit ilegal.
The police fined a vagrant for illegal begging.
Scriitorul a dus o viață de vagabond prin toată Europa.
The writer led a vagabond's life across all of Europe.
Personajul principal al romanului e un vagabond filozof care refuză regulile societății.
The novel's main character is a philosopher-vagabond who refuses society's rules.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | vagabond (vagabondul) | vagabonzi (vagabonzii) |
| Genitive | vagabond (vagabondului) | vagabonzi (vagabonzilor) |
| Accusative | vagabond (vagabondul) | vagabonzi (vagabonzii) |
| Vocative | vagabondule | vagabonzilor |
Word family
vagaboandăfemale vagabond, tramp
a vagabondato wander, to live as a vagrant
vagabondajvagrancy
vagabondarethe act of wandering, roaming
Etymology
Romanian borrowed "vagabond" from French "vagabond" in the 19th century, during the wave of French loanwords that reshaped modern Romanian vocabulary. The French word goes back to Latin "vagabundus", meaning wandering, built from the verb "vagari" (to wander, roam) plus the suffix "-bundus". The deeper origin of "vagari" itself is uncertain, so no Indo-European root is given here.
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