Rezultatul depinde de echipă.

Rezultatul means the result.

The base noun is rezultat = result.
The ending -ul is the Romanian definite article attached to the end of the noun, so:

• rezultat = a result / result
• rezultatul = the result

Romanian usually puts the at the end of the noun instead of using a separate word.

Also, rezultat is a neuter noun. In the singular, Romanian neuter nouns behave like masculine nouns, so -ul is the normal definite ending here.

Because the verb is learned as a depinde de = to depend on.

So the preposition de is part of the normal pattern of the verb, just like English uses on in depend on.

Examples:

• Depinde de vreme. = It depends on the weather.
• Depinde de tine. = It depends on you.
• Rezultatul depinde de echipă. = The result depends on the team.

So it is best to memorize the whole structure:

a depinde de + noun/pronoun

Depinde is the 3rd person singular present tense form of a depinde.

It matches the subject rezultatul, which is singular:

• eu depind = I depend
• tu depinzi = you depend
• el/ea depinde = he/she/it depends

So here:

• Rezultatul depinde... = The result depends...

Echipă is the basic form meaning team.

Without more context, de echipă can sound more general, like on the team / on which team it is / on team factors. Romanian often uses a bare noun in places where English may prefer the.

If you want to make the noun clearly definite and specific, you can use echipa:

• Rezultatul depinde de echipa noastră. = The result depends on our team.
• Rezultatul depinde de echipa adversă. = The result depends on the opposing team.

So echipă is not wrong here; it is just less specifically marked than echipa.

After the preposition de, the noun is in the accusative.

However, for many Romanian nouns, the nominative and accusative forms look the same, so you do not see a special ending change here.

That is why:

• o echipă = a team
• de echipă = on a team / of team / depending on context

The case is determined by the grammar, even if the form itself does not visibly change.

A practical pronunciation guide is:

reh-zool-TA-tul deh-PIN-deh deh eh-KEE-puh

Stress:

• rezulTA tul
• dePINde
• eCHIpă

A few pronunciation notes:

• z sounds like the z in zoo
• ch before i sounds like k, so echipă starts like eh-kee...
• final ă is a short neutral vowel, similar to the a in sofa

A rough IPA version is:

/rezulˈtatul deˈpinde de eˈkipə/

Yes, but Rezultatul depinde de echipă is the most neutral and natural order.

Romanian allows more flexibility than English, especially for emphasis. For example, you may sometimes hear a different order in speech or writing for stylistic reasons. But for a learner, the safest default is:

subject + verb + prepositional phrase

So this sentence is a very standard pattern.

No. De is a very common Romanian preposition, and its meaning changes depending on the structure.

It can mean things like:

• of
• from
• about
• by
• and, with some verbs, something like on

In this sentence, because it follows a depinde, it corresponds to English on:

• a depinde de = to depend on

So the safest approach is not to translate de by one single English word every time. Learn it as part of the whole expression.

The dictionary forms are:

• rezultat = result
• a depinde = to depend
• echipă = team

So the sentence is built from:

• rezultat → rezultatul (the result)
• a depinde → depinde (depends)
• echipă after de

This is useful because Romanian dictionaries list verbs under the infinitive form with a, such as a depinde.