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Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian закуси́ть (zakusítʹ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /za.kuˈsi/
- Rhymes: -i
- Hyphenation: za‧cu‧si
Verb
a zacusi (third-person singular present zacusește, past participle zacusit) 4th conjugation
- (transitive, colloquial, Moldova (country)) to eat, snack
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:mânca
1931, Henri H. Stahl, quoting Ioan Zamă, priest from Cornova, “Despre Inochentie și inochentism”, in Arhiva pentru știința și reforma socială, year 10, numbers 1-4, published 1932, page 180:[…] și m-am dus să zacusesc și eu undeva; mă duc să caut un restaurant unde să pot ședeà la masă.- and I went somewhere to eat; I go searching for a restaurant where I can sit down at a table.
1934 January, Titus Hotnog, Cadran, number 6, Chișinău, page 2; quoted in Iorgu Iordan, “Note de lexicologie românească: „Z” [Notes on Romanian lexicology: Z]”, in Studii și cercetări lingvistice [Linguistic studies and research], Bucharest, 1979, page 571:[…] ne-am pus oleacă jos să mai zacusim cevai […]- we laid down to eat something
a. 1980, Andrei Vartic, “Siberia începe de la Cahul [Siberia starts from Cahul]”, in Revista 22, year 2, number 12, Bucharest, published 1991 March 29, page 9:― Dar cînd n-ai ce zacusi (ce mînca) — mai zice — închizi ochii și mănînci ce ai.- “But when you’ve nothing to eat,” he continues, “you close your eyes and eat what you have.”
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