defăima

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defăima

Where it comes from

From Latin diffamāre, from fāma (“fame”).

verb a defăima 1st conjugation · defăimează · defaimă · defăimat · defăimeze · defaime

transitive to defame, libel, slander
Similar: ponegri, calomnia
obsolete, transitive to censure, criticise
obsolete, transitive to look down on
Similar: disprețui
reflexive to transform, become

In English

libel to defame someone
slander utter a slanderous statement about
defame to disgrace, bring into disrepute
traduce to malign by making malicious and false or defamatory statements
malign slander or traduce; to make defamatory statements about

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MLA

"defăima." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ro/def%C4%83ima. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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defăima. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ro/def%C4%83ima

Chicago

"defăima." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ro/def%C4%83ima.

BibTeX

@misc{defa_ima_2026,
  title = {defăima},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ro/def%C4%83ima},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}