Taxa de autorizare este mare.

Taxă is the basic dictionary form, meaning a fee / a tax.

Taxa is the definite form, meaning the fee.

So:

• taxă = a fee
• taxa = the fee

In Taxa de autorizare este mare, taxa means the authorization fee / the licensing fee.

Romanian usually puts the definite article at the end of the noun, not as a separate word like English the.

De autorizare means something like for authorization or for licensing.

So taxa de autorizare is:

• authorization fee
• licensing fee
• literally: the fee of authorization

This is a very common Romanian structure:

• taxă de drum = road tax
• sală de sport = gym / sports hall
• cerere de înscriere = enrollment application

The pattern noun + de + noun often works like an English compound noun.

Both words are related, but they are not always used in exactly the same way.

• autorizare = authorization / the process of authorizing
• autorizație = authorization / permit / license document

In taxa de autorizare, Romanian prefers the process-style noun autorizare, so the phrase means the fee connected with obtaining authorization.

A related phrase with autorizație could exist in some contexts, but taxă de autorizare is the more natural expression here.

Because in Romanian, in expressions like taxa de autorizare, the first noun is usually the main noun, and the second noun after de stays indefinite.

So:

• taxa = the fee
• de autorizare = for authorization

You would not normally say taxa de autorizarea here.

This is similar to English, where we say the authorization fee, not the fee of the authorization in most everyday usage.

Este means is. It is the 3rd person singular form of a fi = to be.

So:

• Taxa de autorizare este mare = The authorization fee is high

In Romanian, the verb to be is normally not omitted in this kind of sentence.

In casual speech, people often say:

• Taxa de autorizare e mare

Here e is just a shorter spoken form of este. Both are correct, but este may sound a bit more neutral or formal.

Yes, mare agrees with the noun in number, but this adjective has the same form for masculine and feminine singular.

So:

• o taxă mare = a high/big fee
• un cost mare = a high/big cost

For the plural, it changes:

• taxe mari = high fees
• costuri mari = high costs

So in this sentence, mare is singular because taxa is singular.

Literally, mare often means big or large, but with prices, fees, costs, and amounts, English usually translates it as high.

So here:

• Taxa de autorizare este mare = The authorization fee is high

Other examples:

• Prețul este mare = The price is high
• Costul este mare = The cost is high

So the Romanian adjective stays mare, even where English prefers high instead of big.

The normal, neutral word order is:

• Taxa de autorizare este mare.

This is the most natural way to say it in an ordinary statement.

Romanian word order can sometimes change for emphasis, for example:

• Mare este taxa de autorizare.

But that sounds marked or stylistic, not neutral everyday speech.

So for a learner, the best pattern is:

• subject + este + adjective

A rough English-friendly guide:

• Taxa ≈ TAHK-sa
• de ≈ deh
• autorizare ≈ ow-toh-ree-ZAH-reh
• este ≈ YES-teh
• mare ≈ MAH-reh

A few helpful notes:

• x in taxa sounds like ks
• z in autorizare sounds like the z in zoo
• final -e in Romanian is usually pronounced, not silent

So the whole sentence is approximately:

TAHK-sa deh ow-toh-ree-ZAH-reh YES-teh MAH-reh

Yes. This is very common.

• Taxa de autorizare este mare. = more neutral/full form
• Taxa de autorizare e mare. = very common in everyday speech

Both mean the same thing.

As a learner, it is good to recognize both:

• este = full form
• e = short spoken form

Here is the breakdown:

• Taxa = the fee
  
  • noun, feminine singular, definite
• de autorizare = for authorization / licensing
  
  • prepositional phrase describing what kind of fee it is
• este = is
  
  • verb
• mare = high / large
  
  • adjective describing the fee

So the sentence structure is:

• [subject noun phrase] + [verb] + [adjective]

That is:

• Taxa de autorizare
  • este
    • mare

You would say:

• Taxele de autorizare sunt mari.

Changes:

• taxa → taxele = the fees
• este → sunt = are
• mare → mari = plural form

So:

• Taxa de autorizare este mare. = The authorization fee is high.
• Taxele de autorizare sunt mari. = The authorization fees are high.

Not exactly.

• taxă usually means a fee or sometimes a specific kind of charge
• impozit usually means a tax in the government/taxation sense

So in this sentence, taxa de autorizare is better understood as a fee rather than a general tax.

For example:

• taxă de înscriere = registration fee
• taxă de parcare = parking fee
• impozit pe venit = income tax

So taxa de autorizare is best translated as authorization fee or licensing fee.