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venă
vein /ˈve.nə/
noun#5435 most common
Also: seam (of ore or mineral), streak or knack (figurative, as in a talent)
Example sentences
Am o venă pe mână.
I have a vein on my hand.
Doctorul mi-a văzut vena de pe braț.
The doctor saw the vein on my arm.
Asistenta a căutat vena pentru a-mi lua sânge.
The nurse looked for a vein to draw my blood.
Venele de pe picioare i s-au umflat din cauza statului în picioare toată ziua.
The veins on her legs swelled from standing all day.
Mina conținea o venă bogată de aur.
The mine held a rich vein of gold.
Scriitorul a exploatat o venă satirică rareori întâlnită în proza română contemporană.
The writer tapped a satirical vein rarely found in contemporary Romanian prose.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | venă | vene |
| Genitive | vene | vene |
| Accusative | venă | vene |
| Vocative | veno | vene |
Word family
venos / venoasăvenous
venulăvenule, small vein
intravenosintravenous
vinișoarălittle vein (diminutive)
Etymology
Venă comes from Latin vena, meaning blood vessel, and by extension a seam of ore or a streak of talent. The Latin word's deeper origin is not firmly established, so no Proto-Indo-European root is given here. Romanian inherited it directly, alongside the related folk word vână, which came to mean sinew or tendon in everyday speech.
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