Echipa are succes.

Echipa means the team.

The base noun is echipă = team.
Romanian often puts the definite article at the end of the noun instead of using a separate word like English the:

• echipă = a team
• echipa = the team

In careful spelling, the indefinite form is usually written echipă with ă, while the definite form is echipa.

Because are comes from the verb a avea = to have, while este comes from a fi = to be.

So:

• Echipa are succes. = The team has success.
• Echipa este... would mean The team is...

English often says The team is successful, but Romanian can naturally express a similar idea with a avea succes = to have success / to be successful.

Romanian usually attaches the to the end of the noun.

So instead of:

• English: the team

Romanian uses:

• echipa

This is one of the big differences from English. The definite article is often a suffix in Romanian.

In a avea succes, Romanian usually uses succes without an article. This is a very common expression meaning to be successful or to have success.

So:

• Echipa are succes. = The team is successful / The team has success.

If you say un succes, it can sound more like a success, meaning a specific success or a success story/result:

• Echipa este un succes. = The team is a success.

That is a different structure and slightly different meaning.

Succes is a neuter noun in Romanian.

Romanian neuter nouns behave like:

• masculine in the singular
• feminine in the plural

For this sentence, you do not really need that information yet, because succes is just used in the singular after are.

A simple English-friendly approximation is:

eh-KEE-pa AH-reh sook-CHESS

A few notes:

• chi in echipa sounds like kee
• are has two clear syllables: a-re
• succes has stress on the second syllable: suc-CES

If you want to sound more natural, keep all vowels clear and short.

The word order is:

• Echipa = subject
• are = verb
• succes = object/complement

So it follows a very familiar pattern for English speakers:

Subject + Verb + Noun

• Echipa are succes.
• The team has success.

Yes, Romanian can expand this structure.

For example:

• Echipa are mare succes. = The team has great success.
• Echipa are mult succes. = The team has a lot of success.

A very common phrase is:

• a avea succes = to be successful / to have success

So once you learn that chunk, you can use it in many contexts.

Yes. A avea succes is a normal and natural Romanian expression.

Depending on context, Romanians might also say:

• Echipa are succes.
• Echipa are mult succes.
• Echipa are succes în campionat. = The team is successful in the championship.

So the sentence is grammatically correct and uses a very useful everyday pattern.

Are is the third person singular form of a avea = to have.

That means it is used with:

• el = he
• ea = she
• singular nouns like echipa = the team

Examples:

• El are succes. = He is successful / He has success.
• Ea are succes. = She is successful / She has success.
• Echipa are succes. = The team is successful / The team has success.