No. 90 in Romanian
precum
The Romanian word "precum" means "such as" or "like."
In a sentence
El canta precum un profesionist.
He sings like a professional.
In this sentence, 'precum' is used to signify a comparison or likeness, meaning 'like' in English.
Precum s-a spus mai devreme, vom analiza situația.
As it was mentioned earlier, we will analyze the situation.
Here, 'precum' is used to introduce a reference to what was stated earlier, functioning as 'as' in English.
Lucrurile precum acestea necesită atenție.
Things such as these require attention.
In this case, 'precum' is used to indicate examples that belong to a category, similar to 'such as' in English.
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