• Adica — "That is to say (in other words)..."

• Deloc — "Not one bit..."

• Fior — a momentary sensation like arousal or spooky fear, hair standing up on your skin.

• Nonstop — "Always open." Borrowed, of course, from English. The Romanians know how to use this word properly — at shops, casinos, and bars.

• Peste — "More than _," or "beyond, on the other side of_"

• Portocale — Oranges

• Poveştim — "We're talking / telling stories." One response to "ce faci," the strange normal greeting question between friends that means both "how's it going" and "what are you doing."

• Trandifuri — Roses. I like this because it has the earthy, not-all-beautiful beauty of the rose itself.

• Treaba — Literally "work," this can also be used to say "[I have] treaba," or "(I have) something to do." Everybody will understand, and it's harder to question than the English-language version.

• Şmecher — clever, in a devious way.