Glazurăm fie vaza, fie marginea.

Glazurăm is the 1st person plural present form of a glazura. The ending -ăm tells you the subject is we.

So grammatically it means we glaze. Depending on context, Romanian present tense can sometimes overlap with English we are glazing, but the basic form here is simply we glaze.

Romanian usually leaves out subject pronouns when the verb ending already makes the subject clear.

• glazurez = I glaze
• glazurezi = you glaze
• glazurăm = we glaze

Because glazurăm already means we glaze, noi is unnecessary unless you want emphasis or contrast:

Noi glazurăm fie vaza, fie marginea.
= We glaze either the vase or the rim.

Fie ... fie ... means either ... or ....

It introduces two alternatives:

• fie vaza = either the vase
• fie marginea = or the edge/rim

So the structure is a standard Romanian way to present a choice between two possibilities.

They are similar, but not identical in feel.

• sau = or
• fie ... fie ... = either ... or ...

So fie ... fie ... is more explicitly paired and often sounds a bit more careful, formal, or neatly balanced.

Compare:

• Glazurăm vaza sau marginea. = We glaze the vase or the rim.
• Glazurăm fie vaza, fie marginea. = We glaze either the vase or the rim.

The second one matches English either ... or ... more closely.

Yes, usually it does.

The most natural reading is one or the other. In other words, the sentence normally suggests an alternative, not doing both things at once.

Context can always affect interpretation, but the default sense is exclusive: either this one, or that one.

Because Romanian usually puts the definite article at the end of the noun instead of using a separate word like English the.

• vază = vase

• vaza = the vase

• margine = edge / rim / margin
• marginea = the edge / the rim / the margin

So both nouns are definite because the sentence refers to specific things.

Because these are ordinary inanimate direct objects.

Romanian often uses pe with animate, especially human, direct objects, but normally not with inanimate nouns like vaza or marginea.

So this is normal:

• Glazurăm vaza.

And this would not be normal here:

• Glazurăm pe vaza.

Marginea is the definite form of margine. It can mean:

• the edge
• the rim
• the border
• the margin

The best English choice depends on context. In a glazing context, the rim or the edge is probably the most natural translation.

Yes, but Romanian often prefers not to repeat it when the meaning is already clear.

The original sentence uses one verb for both alternatives:

• Glazurăm fie vaza, fie marginea.

You can also repeat the whole clause:

• Fie glazurăm vaza, fie glazurăm marginea.

That version is more explicit, but the original is more compact and natural.

It is usually pronounced in two syllables: fi-e.

A rough English approximation is fee-eh.

So:

• fie vaza, fie marginea

has a clear two-part rhythm, with fie introducing each option.