Gașca se strânge miercuri.

the group of friends

Breakdown of Gașca se strânge miercuri.

• a se strânge: to get together
• miercuri: Wednesday

Questions & Answers about Gașca se strânge miercuri.

What does gașca mean exactly? Is it like gang in English?

Gașca usually means the group, the gang, the crew, or the bunch.

A few nuance points:

• It is often informal and friendly.
• Depending on context, it can mean a group of friends, classmates, coworkers, or any familiar social group.
• Although gang is one possible translation, Romanian gașcă does not automatically sound criminal. Very often it just means the group of people who hang out together.

So in many contexts, the crew or the group is a more natural feel than the English word gang.

Why is it gașca and not gașcă?

Because gașca is the definite form: the group / the gang.

In Romanian, the definite article is usually attached to the end of the noun rather than written as a separate word.

• gașcă = a group / a gang
• gașca = the group / the gang

This is very normal in Romanian:

• fată = a girl
• fata = the girl

So gașca means a specific group that the speaker has in mind.

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