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spaimă

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Unknown. Perhaps from Vulgar Latin *expavīmen, from Latin expavere, from pavor (fear). Or possibly has a connection to spasma, spasmus, from Ancient Greek σπασμός (spasmós, spasm, convulsion).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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spaimă f (plural spaime)

  1. fear, terror, fright, horror, dread
    Synonyms: frică, teamă

Declension

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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative spaimă spaima spaime spaimele
genitive-dative spaime spaimei spaime spaimelor
vocative spaimă, spaimo spaimelor
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