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da¹
- /ˈda/
Rhymes with -a
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Bulgarian да (da).
First attested in the 1810s in the poems of Iancu Văcărescu, having entered the language from the common speech of Muntenia and spreading to other regions starting in the 1860s. Before, Romanian used echo answers or a variety of affirmative adverbs including așa, adevărat or bine. da does not feature in Aromanian, Megleno-Romanian and Istro-Romanian.
An alternative and broadly controversial theory argues that the term is derived from the Latin ita ("thus", "so" or "yes"), possibly being further influenced by the common Slavic da ("yes") from the surrounding Slavic languages before reaching its present state (see Sprachbund). See also dacă, which according to this theory derives from ita quod. In some regions, ta is used repeatedly to indicate impatience with someone talking too much or aimlessly, although this is more likely onomatopoetic in origin.
da²
- /ˈda/
Rhymes with -a
Where it comes from
From Latin dare, ultimately from Proto-Italic *didō, from Proto-Indo-European *dédeh₃ti, from the root *deh₃- (“give”). Compare Aromanian dau, dari, Italian dare, Spanish dar.
verb a da 1st conjugation · dă · dat · dea · a da · dând
- to give
- to hit
- to jam O dau așa, ah!
- to feed an animal
- to pretend to be a se da mare
- Employed to use the following noun as a verb. Especially common with borrowed words that have not been adapted to Romanian as verbs a da like
da³
- /ˈda/
Rhymes with -a
conjunction да
- apocopic form of dar (“but”)
In English
Talk about this word "da." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ro/da. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. da. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ro/da "da." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ro/da.Cite this
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title = {da},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ro/da},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
