foarte

Romanian

Etymology

From the Latin adjective fortis, fortem, from Old Latin forctis, fortis, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“to rise, high, hill”). Compare the same semantic development in French fort, Occitan fòrça, Ligurian foart (attested in Menton, France). In older Romanian, the word was also used as a freestanding adverbial, in addition to simply as an intensifier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfo̯ar.te]

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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...

See also

• tare

Further reading

• foarte in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)