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valiză
suitcase /vaˈlizə/
noun#3261 most common
Also: travel bag, case
Example sentences
Am o valiză mare.
I have a big suitcase.
Îmi fac valiza pentru vacanță.
I'm packing my suitcase for vacation.
Am uitat valiza la aeroport.
I forgot my suitcase at the airport.
Valiza mea s-a pierdut pe aeroport și acum aștept să fie găsită.
My suitcase got lost at the airport and now I'm waiting for it to be found.
Deși valiza era supraîncărcată, am reușit să o închid cu greu.
Although the suitcase was overloaded, I managed to close it only with difficulty.
Vameșul ne-a cerut să deschidem valizele pentru control, fapt ce ne-a întârziat considerabil plecarea.
The customs officer asked us to open our suitcases for inspection, which delayed our departure considerably.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | valiza | valizele |
| Genitive | valizei | valizelor |
| Accusative | valiza | valizele |
| Vocative | valizo | valizelor |
Word family
valizuțălittle suitcase (diminutive)
geamantanlarge suitcase, trunk (near-synonym, from Turkish)
bagajluggage, baggagea-și face valizeleto pack one's bags, to move out or leave
Etymology
Romanian borrowed "valiză" from French "valise" in the 19th century, part of a broad wave of French loanwords that entered Romanian as the language modernized. French "valise" itself came from Italian "valigia", whose further origin is disputed among etymologists. No secure Proto-Indo-European root can be traced for the word, so none is given here.
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