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vită
cow, head of cattle /ˈvi.tə/
noun#2581 most common
Also: beef (in the phrase 'carne de vită'), idiot, blockhead (insult, colloquial)
Example sentences
Vita paște iarbă în câmp.
The cow grazes grass in the field.
Am cumpărat carne de vită de la piață.
I bought beef at the market.
Țăranul are zece vite în grajd.
The farmer has ten head of cattle in the barn.
Prețul cărnii de vită a crescut mult anul acesta.
The price of beef has risen a lot this year.
Nu fi vită, gândește puțin înainte să vorbești!
Don't be an idiot, think a little before you speak!
Creșterea vitelor pentru lapte necesită investiții serioase în infrastructură.
Raising cattle for milk requires serious investment in infrastructure.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | vită | vite |
| Genitive | vitei | vitelor |
| Accusative | vită | vite |
| Vocative | vito | vitelor |
Word family
vițelcalf
vițeaheifer, young cow
carne de vităbeef
crescător de vitecattle breeder
Etymology
Romanian dictionaries treat vită as a back-formation from vițel, the word for calf. Vițel descends from Latin vitulus, meaning young bull or calf. So the singular animal name vită was likely extracted later from its own diminutive-looking derivative, rather than inherited straight from Latin.
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