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Romanian
Etymology
Univerbation of de + grabă (“hurry”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /deˈɡra.bə/
- Rhymes: -abə
- Hyphenation: de‧gra‧bă
Adverb
degrabă (now literary)
- forthwith, without delay
- Synonyms: iute, repede, rapid
- Antonym: încet
1844, Vasile Alecsandri, К. К. Іоргᲈ де ла Садагᲈра [C. C. Iorgu de la Sadagura], Iași: Albina, act 3, scene 4, page 64:Дᲈчецівъ де даці̆ де щіре стъпънлор вострі ші тᲈтᲈрор боерілор вечіні̆ ка съ алерџе деграбъ аічі̆ съ вадъ мінᲈнеа мінᲈнілор.- Duceți-vă de dați de știre stăpânilor voștri și tuturor boierilor vecini ca să alerge degrabă aici să vadă minunea minunilor.
- Go then and tell your masters and all the neighbouring boyars to run hither without delay to see the wonder of wonders.
- (uncommon) soon, after little time
- Synonyms: curând, imediat, pe dată, îndată
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