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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
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | vară | veri |
| Genitive | veri | verilor |
| Accusative | vară | veri |
| Vocative | vară | veri |
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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