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vorbă
word (spoken), saying /ˈvor.bə/
noun#236 most common
Also: talk, remark, proverb/saying
Example sentences
El nu spune nicio vorbă.
He doesn't say a word.
Are o vorbă bună pentru toată lumea.
He has a kind word for everyone.
Vorba multă, sărăcia omului.
Too much talk is a man's poverty (proverb).
Trebuie să te ții de vorbă.
You must keep your word.
Într-o vorbă, situația e complicată.
In a word, the situation is complicated.
Vorbele lui aveau o greutate aparte, de parcă fiecare silabă cântărea o promisiune.
His words carried a special weight, as if each syllable weighed a promise.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | vorbă | vorbe |
| Genitive | vorbe | vorbe |
| Accusative | vorbă | vorbe |
| Vocative | vorbă | vorbe |
Word family
a vorbito speak, to talk
vorbitorspeaker
vorbărețtalkative
vorbirespeech, the act of speaking
Etymology
The origin of 'vorbă' is disputed among Romanian etymologists. Most dictionaries trace it to a South Slavic source, possibly Bulgarian, tied to the general Slavic family of words for speech and talk. No Latin root is proposed, which sets it apart from most core Romanian vocabulary. Because the exact source form is not settled, no proto-root can be stated with confidence.
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