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vește
news (a piece of news) /ˈves.te/
noun#1230 most common
Also: tidings, word (of an event), report
Example sentences
Am o veste bună.
I have good news.
Ce veste proastă!
What bad news!
Am primit o veste de la familia mea.
I received news from my family.
Vestea despre nuntă s-a răspândit repede în sat.
The news about the wedding spread quickly through the village.
Nimeni nu se aștepta la o asemenea veste tristă.
No one expected such sad news.
Abia aștept să aflu ce vești mi-a adus poștașul astăzi, deși mă tem că nu sunt bune.
I can hardly wait to find out what news the postman brought me today, though I fear it isn't good.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | veste | vești |
| Genitive | vești | vești |
| Accusative | veste | vești |
| Vocative | veste | vești |
Word family
a vestito announce, to herald, to foretell
vestitorherald, announcer, harbinger
vestitfamous, renowned (literally much-announced)
prevestireomen, presage, foreboding
a prevestito foretell, to presage
Etymology
Veste came into Romanian from Old Church Slavonic věstĭ, meaning news or information. It belongs to the large stock of Slavic words that entered Romanian through centuries of contact with Slavic-speaking neighbors and the Slavonic language once used in church and administration. The Slavic root is tied to a verb meaning to know, so a veste was originally something made known.
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