Clothes and colors (blugi, adidași, mov)

Everyday clothes

Blugii (jeans) and adidașii (sneakers) are almost always plural — like ochelarii. In winter you wear a căciulă, a warm cap, often of fur; a pălărie is a hat with a brim. For an interview or a wedding, a man wears a costum (suit).

She is wearing jeans and a white blouse.
Ea poartă blugi și o bluză albă.
I bought new sneakers.
Am cumpărat adidași noi.
In winter I wear a thick hat.
Iarna port o căciulă groasă.
The father wears a suit at work.
Tatăl poartă costum la serviciu.

Leather and thick

Pielea is the skin, and also leather: a leather bag is o geantă de piele. Gros is thick; its feminine changes the vowel: gros, groasă, groși, groase.

I have a leather bag.
Am o geantă de piele.
The sweater is thick and warm.
Puloverul este gros și cald.

Two colors that never change

Like roz and maro, mov (purple) and bej (beige) have only one form — a purple dress, purple flowers, beige trousers.

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purpleo rochie movflori mov
beigeo haină bejpantaloni bej
black (for contrast)o rochie neagrăflori negre
She bought a purple dress.
Ea a cumpărat o rochie mov.
The beige trousers are new.
Pantalonii bej sunt noi.

Pantalonii scurți (short trousers) are shorts. Anything that is la modă is in fashion.

This skirt is in fashion.
Fusta asta este la modă.

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