Debaraua este plină.

Debara means storage room / pantry / closet in an indefinite sense, while debaraua means the storage room / the pantry / the closet.

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

So:

• debara = a storage room / pantry
• debaraua = the storage room / pantry

This sentence is talking about a specific one, so debaraua is used.

This is because debara is a feminine singular noun ending in a stressed -a, and nouns of this type often form the definite singular with -ua.

So:

• debara → debaraua

You do not need to translate the ending word-for-word; it simply functions as the.

This pattern also appears in other feminine nouns, though Romanian has several noun patterns, so it is best learned gradually rather than assuming every -a noun behaves exactly the same way.

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

So:

• Debaraua este plină. = The pantry is full.

In everyday Romanian, este is often shortened to e:

• Debaraua e plină.

Both are correct. Este sounds a bit fuller or more formal; e is very common in speech.

Because plin is an adjective, and Romanian adjectives usually agree with the noun they describe in gender and number.

Since debaraua is feminine singular, the adjective must also be feminine singular:

• masculine singular: plin
• feminine singular: plină
• masculine plural: plini
• feminine plural: pline

So:

• un dulap plin = a full cupboard
• o debara plină = a full storage room

Here, plină simply means full.

Romanian can also say plin/plină de... when you want to say what something is full of:

• Debaraua este plină de cutii. = The storage room is full of boxes.

But if the sentence stops at plină, it just means full in a general sense.

This is the normal, neutral Romanian word order:

• subject
  • verb
    • adjective/complement

So:

• Debaraua = subject
• este = verb
• plină = description of the subject

Romanian word order can sometimes change for emphasis, but this version is the standard and most natural one for a basic statement.

In standard Romanian, no. You normally keep the verb a fi in sentences like this.

So you say:

• Debaraua este plină.
• Debaraua e plină.

but not normally just:

• Debaraua plină.

That would sound incomplete in standard Romanian.

A simple learner-friendly pronunciation is:

de-ba-RA-wa ES-te PLI-nuh

A few helpful notes:

• debaraua has the stress on ra
• the ending -aua is pronounced roughly like -awa
• plină has the Romanian letter â, a central vowel that does not have an exact English equivalent
• the final ă sounds like a short, unstressed uh

You do not need perfect pronunciation immediately; the most important thing is to keep the stress and vowel sounds reasonably clear.

Debara is a common everyday noun for a small storage space, pantry, or utility closet, depending on context.

Exact English translations can vary:

• pantry
• storage room
• closet
• cupboard area

The best translation depends on the home and the situation. In many sentences, storage closet or pantry works well.

In this sentence, plină is part of the predicate, not an adjective placed directly before or after the noun inside a noun phrase.

Compare:

• Debaraua este plină. = The pantry is full.
  Here, plină comes after este and describes the subject through the verb to be.

Versus:

• debaraua plină = the full pantry
  Here, plină directly modifies the noun inside a noun phrase.

So in your sentence, plină is a predicate adjective.

Yes. Debara does not always correspond to just one English word.

Depending on context, Debaraua este plină could be translated as:

• The pantry is full.
• The storage room is full.
• The closet is full.

The Romanian sentence itself stays the same; the English choice depends on what kind of debara is meant.