"Do not eat! They are hot!"

Translation: Nu mâncați! Sunt iuți!

[rapuchan]

Is "mânca" some special imperative form? It is not normal present tense second person singular or plural, right?

[potestasity]

Yes, the verb here is in the negative imperative form.

[MrtonPolgr]

The thing is conjugare.ro shows a different imperative, namely mănâncă...

[markjirousek]

Nu mănânci should work as well.

[SchackelineonFB]

According to my Romanian friend it should be "Nu manca!" or if talking to more than person "Nu mancati!"

[Batsteve]

I tried to answer with "nu mânca! sunt caldi," and got dinged for using 'caldi' in place of 'iuţi.' My impression is that 'caldi' means 'hot' like a fire and 'iuţi' means 'hot' like a pepper. In English, both senses of 'hot' make sense in context.

Could, say, a loaf of bread fresh from the oven be too hot -- 'caldi' to eat (in the context of this sentence)? Or is there another word for this?

[Sollihein]

I thought cald means warm instead of hot. Not sure about the difference between physically hot and taste hot though. Native speaker to the rescue please

[KevinSmith777042]

A new multi choice answer has now appeared with fierbinți!
This means hot int he spicy sense - picant fierbinți! But also the garlic is described as hot and i expect that is spicy hot.

[Aleks.Mr]

"Caldi" is not a Romanian word, it sounds like Italian one.

Cald (caldă, calzi, calde) means warm, not hot. You could use fierbinte (fierbinţi) for hot like a fire.

[digestives27]

Are instructions like "Do not eat!" always in 'plural You' form?

[SchackelineonFB]

No!

[feichangnuli]

Why the sentence is polite(second person plural) verb even though it is imperative form?

[rapuchan]

I thought this is someone talking to several people. In that case it's not polite form, but actual plural.