sus
The Romanian word for up is sus.
sus is used as an adverb to indicate a position away from the earth's surface.
Meaning: away from earth’s surface (adv)
When do people say it?
sus is the most common way to say up in Romanian.
Did you know?
- In Romanian, the expression sus în vânt describes someone who is scatterbrained or flighty, literally meaning 'up in the wind'.
- To say something is 'up' in the sense of being 'awake' or 'active', Romanians use the verb a fi treaz rather than any form of sus.
- The Romanian word sus shares a common ancestor with the English word 'summit', both tracing back to the Latin 'summus'.
Examples in context
- Un vultur plana sus pe cer.An eagle was soaring high up in the air.This sentence shows sus used to describe an eagle soaring in the sky.Tatoeba #6910898 by CataG, translation #326591 by CK
- Ei cu toții s-au uitat în sus.They all looked up.This sentence shows sus used to describe the direction of looking.Tatoeba #4980858 by fathe, translation #3735403 by CK
- Pisicile sunt sus pe acoperiș.The cats are up on the roof.This sentence shows sus used to describe the location of cats on a roof.Tatoeba #10006124 by elenacristina260, translation #8929965 by carlosalberto
- Uită-te sus!Look up!
- Urcaţi în sus!Climb up!
- 7 more sentences on Tatoeba
Example conversation
Elena and Alexandru are looking at a kite in the park.
- ElenaUită-te, cerbulul este sus!Look, the kite is up!
- AlexandruDa, zboară foarte sus.Yes, it is flying very high up.
- ElenaPoate ajunge sus la nori.Maybe it can reach up to the clouds.
- AlexandruSper să nu se blocheze sus.I hope it doesn't get stuck up there.
Sources
- Wiktionary, “up” translations and entries sus, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries sus, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
