Glumă cu iubitul care nu mănâncă tot
A2 Romanian listening practice · Standard Romanian · Curated for beginners
What does “poftă bună” mean in Romanian?
A girlfriend serves dinner with the standard Romanian send-off: «Poftă bună, iubire, să mănânci tot» (“enjoy your meal, love, eat it all”). Poftă bună is “bon appétit,” literally “good appetite,” what every Romanian says before you dig in.
The key word, poftă, means appetite or craving: “mi-e poftă de ciocolată” is “I’m craving chocolate,” while “poftim?” means “pardon?” or “here you go.” The joke here is the boyfriend who declares he’s finished without finishing, breaking the cardinal rule, să mănânci tot (“eat everything”). Don’t sit down at a Romanian table without it.
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- ▸On Romanian cooking channels like Jamila Cuisine.
- ▸At every Romanian meal, said before the first bite.
- ▸Alongside the multi-purpose poftim? (“pardon?” / “here you go”).
- ▸At Romanian family gatherings urging you to mănânci tot (“eat it all”).