"vită"

Translation: beef

[Luke_5.1991]

Beef is life. That's how I'll remember this.

[TseDanylo]

Vită e la vita!

[Nivkotzer]

beef is life.. the irony is strong there mister :P

[MarksAaron]

Apparently it's not just a coincidence, this word actually comes from Latin "vita" meaning 'life'. Not uncommon for words for "cattle/cow" to also mean "wealth", so I guess "life" is not a big stretch.

[cosmo-pedant]

I just learned that the southern part of the Italian peninsula was called "Vitalia" (land of cattle) by the Pre-Rome Greeks, thus, ultimately, "Italia".

[TseDanylo]

Yes, in old Ireland cattle were used as money.

[_Dimitris_]

why not a cow?

[dieprinzessin]

Cow is correct, too.

But there is another word for cow: vacă
which I guess is more precise as to the fem. animal.

Btw. The Romanian Wiktionary gives an interesting definition:

(Zool.) A generic name given to large domestic animals, especially horns; (P.gener.) Animal.

(Fig.) Epithet given to a crude, unconscionable or stupid man.

[italikaren]

I thought I saw a similar word and wrote beef and it was wrong , it means calf. And now I thought this was calf and it's beef. What are the two versions?

[Momzi]

Vită is the adult animal (cow, ox) and vițel is the calf. Vită can be used for the meat (as is in this translation)

[Miki8307]

Vită - vite = cattle
carne de vită = beef

[Jdjfiqhfoocyfvof]

It can be "carne de vita" or "vita" like you said.