foarte
Romanian
Etymology
From the Latin adjective fortis, fortem, from Old Latin forctis, fortis, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“to rise, high, hill”). Compare French fort in its meaning of "strongly". In older Romanian, the word was also used as a freestanding adverbial, in addition to simply as an intensifier.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈfo̯arte]
Adverb
foarte
- very
- Ea este foarte frumoasă.
- She is very beautiful.
- Eu sunt foarte bine, mulțumesc.
- I am very well, thank you.
- Am uitat să fac ceva foarte important...
- I forgot to do something really important...
See also
Further reading
- foarte in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
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