No. 372 in Romanian
faţa
The Romanian word "faţa" means "the face" in English.
In a sentence
Ea s-a ascuns în fața casei.
She hid in front of the house.
In this context, 'fața' means 'in front of' and is used to indicate a location relative to the house.
Fața lui era plină de bucurie.
His face was full of joy.
Here, 'fața' refers to a person's face as a part of the body and is used in a descriptive physical sense.
El a trecut încet pe fața albă a paginii.
He slowly passed over the white surface of the page.
In this example, 'fața' signifies the surface of an object, in this case, a page.
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