Stația ITP respinge mașina.

ITP stands for Inspecția Tehnică Periodică, the regular technical inspection that vehicles must pass in Romania.

So stația ITP means the inspection station / the vehicle inspection center.

In natural English, this sentence often means something like:

• The inspection station rejects the car.
• or more idiomatically, The car fails the inspection.

Romanian often uses the station as the grammatical subject here.

Because stația contains the Romanian definite article.

In Romanian, the definite article is usually attached to the end of the noun, instead of being a separate word like the in English.

• stație = station
• stația = the station

So:

• Stația ITP = the ITP station / the inspection station

This is a very important Romanian pattern.

For the same reason: mașina is the definite form.

• mașină = a car
• mașina = the car

So the sentence is specifically talking about the car, not just any car.

Romanian can absolutely have a definite direct object, so respinge mașina means rejects the car.

Because pe is not normally used with ordinary inanimate direct objects.

Mașina is inanimate, so:

• Stația ITP respinge mașina. = normal

Romanian usually uses pe before direct objects that are:

• people
• animate beings in some cases
• strongly specific or emphasized objects in certain contexts

For example:

• Văd copilul. / Îl văd pe copil.

But with a car, pe would normally not be used here.

Respinge is the 3rd person singular present tense of the verb a respinge = to reject.

So:

• eu resping = I reject
• tu respingi = you reject
• el/ea respinge = he/she/it rejects

In this sentence, the subject is Stația ITP, which is singular, so the verb is also singular:

• Stația ITP respinge mașina.
• The inspection station rejects the car.

In this context, respinge can also be understood as fails or does not pass.

Literally, yes: respinge = rejects.

But in real-life vehicle inspection language, English often uses more idiomatic wording, such as:

• The car fails the inspection.
• The inspection station fails the car.

So Romanian uses the verb a respinge, while English may prefer to fail in this situation.

This is the normal, neutral word order:

• Subject + Verb + Object

So:

• Stația ITP = subject
• respinge = verb
• mașina = object

Romanian word order is somewhat flexible, but this version is the most straightforward and natural for a simple statement.

You might also see reordered versions for emphasis, but the basic learner-friendly structure is exactly what you have here.

A rough pronunciation guide is:

STAH-tsi-a ee-teh-peh reh-SPIN-jeh mah-SHEE-nah

A few notes:

• ț sounds like ts in cats
• ș sounds like sh
• ge in respinge sounds like je in judge, but softer
• ITP is usually pronounced letter by letter in Romanian: i-te-pe

Yes, Stația de ITP is also natural and may sound a bit more explicit.

Compare:

• Stația ITP = the ITP station
• Stația de ITP = the station for technical inspection

Both can be understood, and in everyday use Romanians may use either structure depending on context.

Both stație and mașină are feminine singular nouns.

You can tell from forms like:

• o stație = a station
• stația = the station

and

• o mașină = a car
• mașina = the car

This is why both definite forms end in -a here.

Grammatically, yes, the sentence literally says the station rejects the car.

But in real context, a Romanian speaker will usually understand it as:

• the car does not pass inspection
• the station refuses to approve it
• the vehicle is failed during the technical check

So the practical meaning is about the inspection result, not that the building somehow dislikes the car.