# rău

**Part of speech:** ADV  
**Frequency rank:** #74 most common Romanian word  
**Language:** Romanian

Common Romanian adverb meaning 'badly' or 'poorly'; also used in phrases like "face rău" = 'to do harm' or "a-i rău" = 'to feel sick / badly off'.

## Meanings

- **badly; poorly** — Describes how an action is done.
- **in a harmful way; to one’s detriment** — Often in expressions with verbs like "a face" or in contrasts with "bine".
- **ill; badly off** — Used especially in fixed expressions about health or condition.

## Example sentences

- A cântat rău la repetiție. — _He/She sang badly at rehearsal._
- Mă simt rău de dimineață. — _I have felt ill since morning._
- Nu vorbește rău româna, dar mai greșește. — _He/She doesn’t speak Romanian badly, but still makes mistakes._

## Forms

rău

## Nearby words by frequency

- [acolo](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/acolo)
- [despre](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/despre)
- [uita](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/uita)
- [sau](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/sau)
- [ruga](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/ruga)
- [nimic](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/nimic)
- [an](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/an)
- [duce](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/duce)
- [vorbi](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/vorbi)
- [domn](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/domn)
- [lucru](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/lucru)
- [tată](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/tat%C4%83)

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Source: [https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/r%C4%83u](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/r%C4%83u) — MostSpoken Romanian frequency dictionary.