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Glossary entry

Romanian term or phrase:

propensiune

English translation:

flair

Added to glossary by lucutel
Jan 8, 2009 11:26
15 yrs ago
Romanian term

propensiune

Romanian to English Art/Literary Poetry & Literature
Provenind dintr-o familie cu propensităţi literare (în anii ’40, părinţii semnează mai multe romane fantastice sub pseudonimul Oliver Weld Bayer), B. absolvă în 1960 magna cum laude Istoria artei la Harvard.
va multumesc
Proposed translations (English)
5 +4 propensity
3 +5 propensity; inclination
5 predilection/innate inclination
3 with a flair for writing/knack for writing
Change log

Jan 8, 2009 12:18: Andrei Albu changed "Term asked" from "propensitate" to "propensiune"

Dec 21, 2009 16:38: lucutel Created KOG entry

Discussion

Nina Iordache Jan 8, 2009:
Propensiune Sigur, acesta este termenul corect: http://www.vocabular.ro/dictionary/wordSearch.php?view=views...
Andrei Albu Jan 8, 2009:
Propensitate nu există Textul sursă lasă de dorit. Termenul "propensitate" nu există în română. Poate a vrut să spună "propensiune"... Sau poate a tradus greşit din engleză... OK, am editat întrebarea pentru a nu include termeni eronaţi în glosar.

Proposed translations

+4
2 mins
Romanian term (edited): propensitate
Selected

propensity

An innate inclination; a tendency. See Synonyms at predilection.http://www.thefreedictionary.com/propensity

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Note added at 1 hr (2009-01-08 12:50:03 GMT)
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Exemple:
But the refined habits in which you have been brought up, and your unfortunate literary propensities — (I say unfortunate, because you will seldom meet...
books.google.com/books?isbn=1426418248

One, Stephen Howard, the first-person narrator, is a man of literary propensities and the financier of the enterprise.
www.depauw.edu/sfs/backissues/3/notes3.htm
Peer comment(s):
agree Sandra & Kenneth Grossman
1 min
Multumesc!
agree RODICA CIOBANU
2 mins
Multumesc!
agree Renata Ana Ursu
2 mins
Multumesc!
agree cezara lucas
34 mins
Multumesc!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
+5
3 mins
Romanian term (edited): propensitate

propensity; inclination

Peer comment(s):
agree RODICA CIOBANU
1 min
Mulţumesc!
agree Veronica Costea : mai degrabă "inclination" aş spune eu
4 mins
Mulţumesc!
agree Mihai Dascalu : sau proclivity
34 mins
Mulţumesc!
agree Peter Shortall : Aş folosi eu "literary inclinations/leanings" sau "a literary bent"
1 hr
Da, mulţumesc!
agree raluca_danila : as opta pentru literary inclinations/affiliations
2 hrs
Si affiliations, da! Mulţumesc!
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14 mins
Romanian term (edited): propensitate (termen gresit!): propensiune

predilection/innate inclination

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3 hrs

with a flair for writing/knack for writing

literary flair; "propensity" nu se foloseste in sensul asta.

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Note added at 3 hrs (2009-01-08 15:06:28 GMT)
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sau cum spune Peter, 'literary bent"
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