dragoste
Romanian
Alternative forms
- драгосте (dragoste) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic драгость (dragostĭ), from Proto-Slavic *dorgostь, from *dorgъ + *-ostь.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdra.ɡo.ste/
Audio (male voice): (file) Audio (female voice): (file) - Rhymes: -aɡoste
- Hyphenation: dra‧gos‧te
Noun
dragoste f (plural dragoste)
- love
- Synonym: iubire
- 2003, “Dragostea din tei [Love from the lindens]”, performed by O-Zone [O-Zone]:
- Chipul tău și dragostea din tei
Mi-amintesc de ochii tăi.- Your face and the love from the linden
Remind me of your eyes.
- Your face and the love from the linden
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | dragoste | dragostea | dragoste | dragostele | |
| genitive-dative | dragoste | dragostei | dragoste | dragostelor | |
| vocative | dragoste, dragosteo | dragostelor | |||
Derived terms
- drăgăstos (adjective)
- drăgosteală f (noun)
- drăgosti (verb)
- îndrăgosti (verb)
- face dragoste (“to make love”, verb)
Related terms
Noun
dragoste f (plural dragoste)
See also
Further reading
- “dragoste”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025