an

ani (plural)
ai (obsolete plural)
an (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
anul (accusative definite nominative singular)
ani (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
anii (accusative definite nominative plural)
an (indefinite singular)
anului (definite singular)
ani (indefinite plural)
anilor (definite plural)
anule (singular vocative)
anilor (plural vocative)

From Latin annus (“year”), from Proto-Italic *atnos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂et-no-, probably from *h₂et- (“to go”). Compare Megleno-Romanian an and Aromanian an.


moment

momente (plural)
moment (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
momentul (accusative definite nominative singular)
momente (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
momentele (accusative definite nominative plural)
moment (indefinite singular)
momentului (definite singular)
momente (indefinite plural)
momentelor (definite plural)
momentule (singular vocative)
momentelor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from French moment, from Latin mōmentum.

de moment

pentru un moment

în momentul de față

Nu e momentul pentru așa ceva.

A sosit momentul.


ieri

de ieri


acu

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *eccum modo. Informal variant of acum.


amu

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *ad modo (compare Dalmatian jamo (“now”), Aromanian amo, acmo). Informal counterpart to acum.


minut

minute (plural)
minut (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
minutul (accusative definite nominative singular)
minute (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
minutele (accusative definite nominative plural)
minut (indefinite singular)
minutului (definite singular)
minute (indefinite plural)
minutelor (definite plural)
minutule (singular vocative)
minutelor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from French minute, Italian minuto, Latin minūtus. Compare the inherited doublet mărunt.


astăzi

Inherited from Latin istā diē, or a compound of astă + zi.

astăd̦ĭ (alternative obsolete)
astăzĭ (alternative obsolete)


zi

zile (plural)
zi (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
ziua (accusative definite nominative singular)
zile (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
zilele (accusative definite nominative plural)
zile (indefinite singular)
zilei (definite singular)
zile (indefinite plural)
zilelor (definite plural)
ziuo (singular vocative)
zilelor (plural vocative)
d̦i (alternative obsolete)
d̦iua (alternative obsolete)
ziuă (alternative)
зи (alternative)

Inherited from Classical Latin diēs (“day”), back-formed from the accusative diem (whose vowel e was once long), from Proto-Italic *djēm, the accusative of *djous, from Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws (“heaven, sky”). May have been inherited from an intermediate Vulgar Latin *dilla , hence why the definite form ziua, but due to -ua dropping in indefinite forms, the indefinite form became zi. Compare Spanish día, archaic Italian dì, archaic French di.


azi

Inherited from Latin hāc diē, reduced to *hadie in the local Vulgar Latin, probably through confusion with hodiē. Compare Aromanian adzã.


vreme

vremuri (plural)
vremi (plural)
vreme (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
vremea (accusative definite nominative singular)
vremuri (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
vremurile (accusative definite nominative plural)
vremi (indefinite singular)
vremii (definite singular)
vremuri (indefinite plural)
vremurilor (definite plural)
vreme (singular vocative)
vremeo (singular vocative)
vremurilor (plural vocative)
vreme (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
vremea (accusative definite nominative singular)
vremi (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
vremile (accusative definite nominative plural)
vremi (indefinite singular)
vremii (definite singular)
vremi (indefinite plural)
vremilor (definite plural)
vreme (singular vocative)
vremeo (singular vocative)
vremilor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic врѣмѧ (vrěmę), from Proto-Slavic *vermę. Compare Megleno-Romanian vreami, Bulgarian време (vreme), Serbo-Croatian vreme, Russian время (vremja).


mâine

Inherited from Latin māne, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂- (“to ripen, mature”). Compare Aromanian mãni.


săptămână

săptămâni (plural)
săptămână (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
săptămâna (accusative definite nominative singular)
săptămâni (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
săptămânile (accusative definite nominative plural)
săptămâni (indefinite singular)
săptămânii (definite singular)
săptămâni (indefinite plural)
săptămânilor (definite plural)
săptămână (singular vocative)
săptămâno (singular vocative)
săptămânilor (plural vocative)
săptămînă (alternative)

Inherited from Late Latin septimāna (“week”), from the Latin septimānus (“related to the seventh element of a series”, adjective), from septimus (“seventh”). Cognate with Italian settimana, French semaine and Spanish semana. Compare Aromanian siptãmãnã.


eră

ere (plural)
eră (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
era (accusative definite nominative singular)
ere (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
erele (accusative definite nominative plural)
ere (indefinite singular)
erei (definite singular)
ere (indefinite plural)
erelor (definite plural)
eră (singular vocative)
ero (singular vocative)
erelor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from French ère, Late Latin aera.


timp

timpuri (plural)
timpi (plural)
timp (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
timpul (accusative definite nominative singular)
timpuri (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
timpurile (accusative definite nominative plural)
timp (indefinite singular)
timpului (definite singular)
timpuri (indefinite plural)
timpurilor (definite plural)
timpule (singular vocative)
timpurilor (plural vocative)
тимп (alternative)

Inherited from Latin tempus (“time”), from Proto-Indo-European *tempos (“stretch”), from the root *temp- (“to stetch, string”).


vechi

ro-adj

vechi m or n (feminine singular veche, plural vechi)

veche (feminine singular)
vechi (plural)
vechi (indefinite masculine neuter singular)
veche (feminine indefinite singular)
vechi (indefinite masculine plural)
vechi (feminine indefinite neuter plural)
vechiul (definite masculine neuter singular)
vechea (definite feminine singular)
vechii (definite masculine plural)
vechile (definite feminine neuter plural)
vechi (feminine indefinite singular)
vechiului (definite masculine neuter singular)
vechii (definite feminine singular)
vechilor (definite masculine plural)
vechilor (definite feminine neuter plural)

Inherited from Late Latin veclus, from Latin vetulus.


secundă

secunde (plural)
secundă (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
secunda (accusative definite nominative singular)
secunde (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
secundele (accusative definite nominative plural)
secunde (indefinite singular)
secundei (definite singular)
secunde (indefinite plural)
secundelor (definite plural)
secundă (singular vocative)
secundo (singular vocative)
secundelor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from French seconde, Latin secunda.


lună

luni (plural)
lună (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
luna (accusative definite nominative singular)
luni (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
lunile (accusative definite nominative plural)
luni (indefinite singular)
lunii (definite singular)
luni (indefinite plural)
lunilor (definite plural)
lună (singular vocative)
luno (singular vocative)
lunilor (plural vocative)
лунэ (alternative)

Inherited from Latin lūna, from Old Latin losna, from Proto-Italic *louksnā, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂, from Proto-Indo-European *lewk-. Compare Aromanian lunã.


iarăși

From iară, older form of iar, "again" (which see), + și, "and".


totdeauna

From tot, from Latin totus + de + a + una. Compare Aromanian tutdiunã.

Totdeauna vorbește.

always, ever, all the time, at all times


secol

secole (plural)
secol (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
secolul (accusative definite nominative singular)
secole (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
secolele (accusative definite nominative plural)
secol (indefinite singular)
secolului (definite singular)
secole (indefinite plural)
secolelor (definite plural)
secolule (singular vocative)
secolelor (plural vocative)
secul (alternative archaic)

Borrowed from Italian secolo, Latin saeculum.

Suntem acum în secolul al XXI-lea.


acuma

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *eccum modo, from Latin eccum + modo. Variant of acum.


anual

anual m or n (feminine singular anuală, masculine plural anuali, feminine and neuter plural anuale)

anuală (feminine singular)
anuali (masculine plural)
anuale (feminine neuter plural)
anual (indefinite masculine neuter singular)
anuală (feminine indefinite singular)
anuali (indefinite masculine plural)
anuale (feminine indefinite neuter plural)
anualul (definite masculine neuter singular)
anuala (definite feminine singular)
anualii (definite masculine plural)
anualele (definite feminine neuter plural)
anuale (feminine indefinite singular)
anualului (definite masculine neuter singular)
anualei (definite feminine singular)
anualilor (definite masculine plural)
anualelor (definite feminine neuter plural)

Borrowed from French annuel and Late Latin annuālis. By surface analysis, an + -ual.


perioadă

perioade (plural)
perioadă (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
perioada (accusative definite nominative singular)
perioade (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
perioadele (accusative definite nominative plural)
perioade (indefinite singular)
perioadei (definite singular)
perioade (indefinite plural)
perioadelor (definite plural)
perioadă (singular vocative)
perioado (singular vocative)
perioadelor (plural vocative)

From Latin periodus, Ancient Greek περίοδος (períodos), French période.


epocă

epoci (plural)
epocă (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
epoca (accusative definite nominative singular)
epoci (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
epocile (accusative definite nominative plural)
epoci (indefinite singular)
epocii (definite singular)
epoci (indefinite plural)
epocilor (definite plural)
epocă (singular vocative)
epoco (singular vocative)
epocilor (plural vocative)


a fost odată

(used at the beginnings of fairytales) once upon a time


aseară

From a- + seară. Compare Sicilian arsira.


diseară

Alternative spelling of deseară, de + seară


asară

Alternative spelling of aseară, a- + seară


din când în când

LL-Q7913 (ron)-Andreea Teodoraa-din când în când.wav

Îmi place să merg din când în când la plajă ca să mă relaxez.

I like to go to the beach from time to time to relax.


din timp în timp

Îi place să meargă din timp în timp în munți ca să se relaxeze.

He likes to go to the mountains from time to time to relax.

din când în când
din când în când#Romanian

synonym of din când în când (“from time to time”)


răspoimâine

From răs- + poimâine (“the day after tomorrow”).


alaltăieri

From aialaltă (“the other”) + ieri (“yesterday”). Compare Italian l'altro ieri.

compound

day before yesterday
day before yesterday


răsalaltăieri

From răs- + alaltăieri (“the day before yesterday”).

prefix

day before day before yesterday
day before day before yesterday


vremelnic

ro-adj

vremelnic m or n (feminine singular vremelnică, masculine plural vremelnici, feminine and neuter plural vremelnice)

vremelnică (feminine singular)
vremelnici (masculine plural)
vremelnice (feminine neuter plural)
vremelnic (indefinite masculine neuter singular)
vremelnică (feminine indefinite singular)
vremelnici (indefinite masculine plural)
vremelnice (feminine indefinite neuter plural)
vremelnicul (definite masculine neuter singular)
vremelnica (definite feminine singular)
vremelnicii (definite masculine plural)
vremelnicele (definite feminine neuter plural)
vremelnice (feminine indefinite singular)
vremelnicului (definite masculine neuter singular)
vremelnicei (definite feminine singular)
vremelnicilor (definite masculine plural)
vremelnicelor (definite feminine neuter plural)


astă-seară

From astă (“this”) + seară (“evening”). Compare Italian stasera.


ieri-dimineață

From ieri (“yesterday”) + dimineață (“morning”).