defăima

See also: defaimă

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin diffamāre, from fāma (fame).

Pronunciation

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Verb

a defăima (third-person singular present defăimează or (obsolete) defaimă, past participle defăimat, third-person subjunctive defăimeze or (obsolete) defaime) 1st conjugation

  1. (transitive) to defame, libel, slander
    Synonyms: ponegri, calomnia
  2. (transitive, obsolete) to censure, criticise
  3. (transitive, obsolete) to look down on
    Synonym: disprețui
  4. (reflexive, folk poetic, South Oltenia) to transform, become

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