Medicul veterinar sterilizează pisica.

Because Romanian usually puts the definite article at the end of the noun, not as a separate word like English the.

• medic = doctor / a doctor
• medicul = the doctor

So medicul veterinar means the veterinarian or literally the veterinary doctor.

In Romanian, adjectives often come after the noun they describe.

So:

• medic veterinar = veterinary doctor / veterinarian
• literally: doctor veterinary

This is normal Romanian word order. English usually puts adjectives before the noun, but Romanian often puts them after.

Because in a phrase like medicul veterinar, the definite article is normally attached to the noun, and the following adjective stays in its basic form.

So:

• medic veterinar = a veterinarian
• medicul veterinar = the veterinarian

Only medic gets the definite ending -ul here.

For the same reason: pisica is the definite form, meaning the cat.

• pisică = cat / a cat
• pisica = the cat

Romanian adds the definite article to the end of the noun:

• feminine singular often takes -a
• masculine singular often takes -ul

So here:

• medicul = the doctor
• pisica = the cat

Yes. sterilizează is the 3rd person singular present form of a steriliza.

That means it matches subjects like:

• el = he
• ea = she
• medicul veterinar = the veterinarian

So Medicul veterinar sterilizează pisica means The veterinarian sterilizes the cat or, depending on context, is sterilizing the cat.

Romanian present tense can cover both a general present and an ongoing present, depending on context.

Because Romanian does not usually need a separate construction like English is sterilizing for the present progressive.

The simple present sterilizează can mean:

• sterilizes
• is sterilizing

Context tells you which meaning is intended.

If needed, Romanian can make the ongoing meaning clearer in other ways, but the simple present is very common.

Yes. Romanian often drops subject pronouns because the verb ending already gives useful information.

For example:

• Sterilizează pisica. = He/She is sterilizing the cat or The veterinarian is sterilizing the cat, if the context is clear.

In your sentence, Medicul veterinar is included because the speaker wants to state explicitly who is doing the action.

Medicul veterinar sterilizează pisica is the most neutral, standard word order: subject + verb + object.

Romanian word order is more flexible than English, though. Other orders are possible for emphasis, for example:

• Pisica o sterilizează medicul veterinar. = It’s the cat that the veterinarian is sterilizing.

But for learners, the original sentence is the clearest and most neutral pattern.

A rough pronunciation is steh-ree-lee-ZE-a-zuh.

A few important points:

• z sounds like English z
• ea is pronounced as two vowels together, roughly e-a
• ă is the Romanian schwa, like the a in English sofa

So the ending -ează sounds roughly like -E-a-zuh.

A rough guide is:

meh-DEE-kool veh-teh-ree-NAR steh-ree-lee-ZE-a-zuh pee-SEE-ka

A few details:

• Medicul → stress on DEE
• veterinar → stress on the last syllable: -NAR
• sterilizează → stress on ZE
• pisica → stress on SEE

This is only an approximation using English spelling, but it helps you get started.

Here is the breakdown:

• Medicul — noun, masculine singular, definite: the doctor
• veterinar — adjective (or part of the fixed profession phrase), meaning veterinary
• sterilizează — verb, 3rd person singular present: sterilizes / is sterilizing
• pisica — noun, feminine singular, definite, direct object: the cat

So the structure is:

Subject: Medicul veterinar
Verb: sterilizează
Object: pisica

Yes. medic veterinar is a standard and very common Romanian expression for veterinarian.

Literally it means veterinary doctor. In everyday use, it corresponds to English veterinarian or vet.

You may also hear veterinar in casual speech, but medic veterinar is the full standard phrase.

Because the sentence is talking about a specific veterinarian and a specific cat.

• medicul veterinar = the veterinarian
• pisica = the cat

If you wanted an indefinite meaning, you would change them:

• Un medic veterinar sterilizează o pisică. = A veterinarian sterilizes a cat / is sterilizing a cat

So the definite endings tell you that both referents are identifiable or already known in the context.