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violentă
violent /vi.oˈlen.tə/
adjective#4327 most common
Also: fierce, vicious
Example sentences
Furtuna a fost violentă.
The storm was violent.
Ea este o femeie violentă.
She is a violent woman.
Reacția lui a fost violentă și neașteptată.
His reaction was violent and unexpected.
Poliția a intervenit după o ceartă violentă între vecini.
The police stepped in after a violent quarrel between neighbors.
Criza economică a provocat o reacție socială violentă în mai multe orașe.
The economic crisis triggered a violent social reaction in several cities.
Deși părea calmă, discuția a degenerat rapid într-o confruntare violentă ce a zguduit întreaga comunitate.
Although it seemed calm, the discussion quickly turned into a violent confrontation that shook the whole community.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | violentă | violente |
| Genitive | violente | violente |
| Accusative | violentă | violente |
| Vocative | violentă | violente |
Word family
violențăviolence
a violentato do violence to, to assault
violentviolentviolentatassaulted, subjected to violence
nonviolentănonviolent
Etymology
Violentă is the feminine form of violent, borrowed in the 19th century from French violent, itself from Latin violentus. Latin violentus was built on vis, meaning force or power, with a suffix that meant full of. So the original sense was full of force.
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