No. 469 in Romanian
spatele
"Spatele" means "the back" in English.
In a sentence
Copilul stătea în spatele grădinii.
The child was sitting behind the garden.
In this sentence, 'spatele' means 'behind' and denotes a location relative to 'the garden'.
Am sprijinit scara de spatele casei.
I leaned the ladder against the back of the house.
Here, 'spatele' refers to the rear part of 'the house'.
Mă dor mușchii de la spatele corpului.
The muscles in the back of my body ache.
In this case, 'spatele' signifies 'the back' as in the rear part of one's body.
Hear it in real podcasts
The recording above is a synthetic voice. Hear how people say “spatele” in actual Romanian podcasts.
Find “spatele” in podcastsLearn it from shows you like
LangTurbo plays Romanian podcasts with a transcript and the English under every line. Tap a word like this one and it tells you what it means right there.
Get the appRomanian books and courses on Amazon (an affiliate link: a purchase through it supports this site).