Breakdown of Solicitantul așteaptă la ghișeu.
la
at
a aștepta
to wait
ghișeul
the service counter
solicitantul
the applicant
Questions & Answers about Solicitantul așteaptă la ghișeu.
What does solicitantul mean exactly? Is it a common word?
Solicitantul means the applicant or the person making a request/application. It is a fairly formal, administrative word, so you are likely to see it in offices, institutions, forms, and official contexts.
In everyday speech, Romanians might sometimes use other wording depending on the situation, but solicitant is very normal in bureaucratic or service-related language.
Why does solicitantul end in -ul?
The ending -ul is the Romanian definite article, meaning the.
So:
- solicitant = an applicant / applicant
- solicitantul = the applicant
Unlike English, Romanian usually puts the definite article at the end of the noun rather than before it.
A few examples:
Why is there no separate word for is in this sentence?