5 Romanian Words That Surprised Me The Most (After 4 Years Here)

The Romanian language surprised me more than anything else about moving here. Here are my top 5 favorites that made me stop in my tracks; and they all still make me smile after 4 years here. With one of them I got quite embarrassed during my first shopping. Another made me adore culture of the people more than anything else. And yet one more, helped me understand my own language meaning from a very different angle. Watch to find out what these ar. Living to Romania or just curious what daily life actually sounds like here, this is the stuff no textbook teaches you. 🎬 WATCH NEXT — 5 Things That Shocked Me About Living in Romania:    • 5 Romanian Surprises That Still Catch Me O...   📌 CHAPTERS 0:00 – The word I hear every day and still do not understand 1:00 - Cats make me giggle 1:40 - Amazing way to say good-bye 2:30 - What is punga 3:14 - Word that helped me know my native tongue better 4:00 - How I learn the language After 4 years living in Bucharest with my family, I share the real, practical side of expat life in Romania — costs, bureaucracy, daily life, and the surprises nobody warns you about. Not a travel channel. This is what living here is actually like. I help families relocate to the EU without a leap into the unknown — every step already tested by my own family. Subscribe for the full journey. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ TOOLS I ACTUALLY USE: 📱 eSIM for your first weeks here (Airalo): https://airalo.tpx.lt/0xfAkVQK ✈️ Cheap flights to Romania (Aviasales): https://aviasales.tpx.lt/Xvp6KU85 🎥 The tripod with face-tracking light I film with: https://amzn.to/4gi9y7r As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. Some links above are affiliate links — they cost you nothing and support the channel. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ #romania #expat #movingtoromania #digitalnomad #bucharest #lifeabroad #cultureshock #expatlife #livingabroad #romania2026