No. 196 in Romanian

departe

"Departe" means "far" or "away" in English.

In a sentence

Casa lor este departe de oraș.
Their house is far from the city.
In this sentence, 'departe' is used as an adverb to describe the significant distance of their house from the city.
Când vreau să mă relaxez, merg departe, în natură.
When I want to relax, I go far away, into nature.
Here, 'departe' is an adverb indicating the action of going a long distance into a natural setting.
El este prea departe de a termina proiectul.
He is too far from completing the project.
In this usage, 'departe' is metaphorical, representing the figurative distance or progress related to the project's completion.

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