teamă

See also: teama and téama

Romanian

Etymology

From the verb teme (“to fear”) or possibly from a Vulgar Latin tima. Compare Italian tema, Romansh tema, temma.

Pronunciation

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Noun

teamă f (uncountable)

1. fear (uncountable: emotion caused by actual or perceived danger or threat)

   Synonyms: frică, spaimă, temere

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	teamă	teama
genitive-dative	teme	temei
vocative	teamă, teamo

Derived terms

• temător

Further reading

• “teamă”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026