Banda de bagaje este goală.

to be

Breakdown of Banda de bagaje este goală.

• gol: empty
• banda de bagaje: the baggage carousel; baggage belt

Questions & Answers about Banda de bagaje este goală.

Why is banda translated as the belt / the carousel when there is no separate word for the?

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

• bandă = a belt / a band
• banda = the belt / the band

So banda de bagaje means the baggage belt or, in airport context, the baggage carousel/conveyor belt.

Why does bandă change to banda?

This is a normal pattern for many feminine nouns ending in -ă.

• o bandă = a belt
• banda = the belt

The final -ă often becomes -a in the singular definite form. Compare:

• casă → casa
• masă → masa
• bandă → banda

What does de mean in de bagaje?

Here de means something like of or for, but in English we usually translate the whole phrase more naturally rather than word-for-word.

So:

• bandă de bagaje = baggage belt
• literally: belt of/for luggage

Romanian often uses de + noun to form this kind of expression.