Rușinea dispare încet.

to disappear

Breakdown of Rușinea dispare încet.

• încet: slowly
• rușinea: the shame

Questions & Answers about Rușinea dispare încet.

Why is it rușinea and not just rușine?

Rușine is the basic noun. Rușinea is the definite form, literally the shame.

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

• rușine = shame
• rușinea = the shame

Also, Romanian often uses the definite form with abstract nouns in places where English may use no article, so Rușinea dispare încet can naturally match English Shame disappears slowly.

Is rușine a feminine noun?

Yes. Rușine is feminine.

That matters because the definite singular ending here is the feminine one:

• rușine → rușinea

As in many Romanian nouns, gender is something you usually learn together with the word. The ending -e often suggests feminine, but not always, so it is still best to learn each noun individually.

What exactly is dispare?

Dispare is the 3rd person singular present form of the verb a dispărea, meaning to disappear.

Here it matches the singular subject rușinea.

A few present-tense forms are:

• eu dispar = I disappear
• tu dispari = you disappear
• el/ea dispare = he/she/it disappears

So in this sentence, dispare means disappears or, depending on context, is disappearing.