plăcintă
pie / pastry
Intermediate Noun Feminine
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Pronunciation
/plə.ˈt͡ʃin.tə/
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Cultural Note
Plăcintă is a thin-dough pastry filled with cheese, apples, pumpkin, or cabbage. It is common across Romania and Moldova, sold both at bakeries and by street vendors. Each region has its own style, from flaky to stretchy dough.
📝 Example Sentences
Plăcinta cu brânză este delicioasă.
The cheese pie is delicious.
Bunica face plăcinte cu mere toamna.
Grandma makes apple pies in autumn.
Am cumpărat o plăcintă de la brutărie.
I bought a pastry from the bakery.