curând
Appearance
Romanian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Latin currendo, from currendus, gerund of currō (“to run”). Synchronically a gerund of cure, an archaic or regional form of curge (“to flow”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]curând m or n (feminine singular curândă, masculine plural curânzi, feminine and neuter plural curânde) (obsolete)
- (of time) short
- în curândă vreme ― after little time, soon after
Adverb
[edit]curând
- soon (within a short time)
- Synonyms: în curând, peste curând
- (now rare) immediately, quickly, forthwith
- Synonyms: degrabă, grabnic, imediat, iute, îndată, neîntârziat, minten, numaidecât, repede
Derived terms
[edit]Verb
[edit]curând
Further reading
[edit]- curând in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
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