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

  1. 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...

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