Măseaua doare.

Not quite.

• măsea = molar / back tooth
• dinte = tooth in general

So măseaua is more specific than dintele. If you want to talk about just any tooth, you would usually use dinte.

Because Romanian often puts the definite article at the end of the noun, instead of using a separate word like the.

So:

• măsea = a molar
• măseaua = the molar

This is one of the most important differences from English.

Romanian uses an enclitic definite article, which means the article is attached to the noun.

Compare:

• English: the molar
• Romanian: măseaua

You will see this pattern all the time in Romanian:

• băiat → băiatul = the boy
• fată → fata = the girl
• măsea → măseaua = the molar

Because the subject is măseaua, which is singular.

The verb comes from a durea = to hurt / to ache.
Here, doare is the 3rd person singular form, matching măseaua.

So the structure is basically:

• măseaua = subject
• doare = hurts

If the subject were plural, the verb would change:

• Măselele dor. = The molars hurt.

Both are possible.

• Măseaua doare. puts a bit more focus on the molar
• Doare măseaua. can sound a little more natural in some contexts, especially in speech

Romanian word order is often more flexible than English. The exact order can depend on emphasis, rhythm, or context.

Yes — and very often that is the more natural way to say that my molar hurts.

• Măseaua doare. = The molar hurts / The molar is hurting
• Mă doare măseaua. literally = To me hurts the molar, meaning My molar hurts

In Romanian, pain is very commonly expressed with an indirect object pronoun:

• Mă doare capul. = My head hurts
• Mă doare dintele. = My tooth hurts
• Mă doare măseaua. = My molar hurts

So if you mean that your molar hurts, this pattern is especially useful.

Not by itself, at least not as clearly as Mă doare măseaua does.

Măseaua doare literally just refers to the molar. In context, people may understand whose molar it is, but the sentence itself does not explicitly mark the person who feels the pain.

If you want to clearly say whose molar hurts, Romanian usually prefers:

• Mă doare măseaua. = My molar hurts
• Te doare măseaua? = Does your molar hurt?
• Îl doare măseaua. = His molar hurts

A helpful approximation is:

muh-SEA-wa

A few notes:

• ă is a short central vowel, something like the a in about
• sea here sounds roughly like se-a, not like English sea
• ua is pronounced together smoothly at the end

Also, the stress is typically on sea:

mă-SEA-ua

It comes from the verb a durea, meaning to hurt, to ache, or to be painful.

Some useful forms are:

• doare = hurts (singular)
• dor = hurt (plural)

Examples:

• Capul doare. = The head hurts.
• Dinții dor. = The teeth hurt.

You will often meet a durea in sentences about pain and discomfort.

Only if you mean a molar, specifically one of the back teeth.

If you are not sure which tooth it is, or you want to speak more generally, use dinte:

• Dintele doare. = The tooth hurts.
• Mă doare dintele. = My tooth hurts.

So măsea is more precise, while dinte is broader.

The plural is:

• măsea → măsele
• definite plural: măselele = the molars

And the verb changes too:

• Măselele dor. = The molars hurt.

So:

• singular: Măseaua doare.
• plural: Măselele dor.

Yes, it is complete and grammatical.

It may sound a little more like a statement about the molar itself, while everyday speech often prefers a structure like Mă doare măseaua when talking about someone’s pain.

So:

• Măseaua doare. = correct and understandable
• Mă doare măseaua. = very common when talking about my molar hurting

Both are worth learning, because they show two important Romanian patterns:

1. the definite article attached to the noun
2. the common pain construction with pronouns like mă, te, îl, etc.