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vară

summer /ˈva.rə/

noun#1125 most common

Also: female cousin (regional/older usage)

Example sentences

Vara este caldă.
Summer is warm.
Îmi place vara.
I like summer.
Vara mergem la mare.
In summer we go to the seaside.
Copiii au vacanță mare vara aceasta.
The children have a long break this summer.
Am petrecut multe veri frumoase la bunici.
I spent many beautiful summers at my grandparents'.
Căldura verii trecute a fost sufocantă.
The heat of last summer was suffocating.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativevarăveri
Genitiveveriverilor
Accusativevarăveri
Vocativevarăveri

Word family

varain summer, during summertime
văraticsummery, typical of summer
verisummers (plural)
vacanță de varăsummer vacation

Etymology

Vară descends from Latin vēr, which meant spring. Romanian shifted the sense forward to summer, a change also seen in Spanish verano. The Latin word traces back to the Proto-Indo-European root for spring.

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