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Romanian
Etymology
Literally, “fried patiences”. First attested in the mid 19th century.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rəbˈdərʲ prəˈʒi.te/
Noun
răbdări prăjite f pl (plural only)
- (idiomatic, humorous) no food whatsoever
1952, Zaharia Stancu, part 3, in Dulăii [The hounds], Bucharest: Editura de Stat pentru Literatură și Artă, page 275; previously serialised in Viața Românească, year 5, number 11, Bucharest, 1952 November, page 216:Acum mâncăm răbdări prăjite, că așa ne cere serviciul…- Now we go hungry, since this is what our work demands of us…
- (literally, “now we eat fried patiences”)
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