"Bun venit!"

Translation: Welcome!

[TimZimm]

In north east Romania, I rarely hear bun venit. It's almost always "bine ați venit!".

[_Meme_Time_]

Yeah, 'Bine ați venit' is way more common and makes more sense, at least to me.

[DavidONeil4]

To the original poster, it's more or less a direct translation of "well come", as is "bien venue" (another Romance language), "willkommen" (another---in fact the main one--- Germanic language), and probably other examples, in their various respective languages.

[AlexusD90]

What does it mean literally?

[potestasity]

You can think of it as "good coming", but the usage is idiomatic. Nowhere else is "venit" used as a standalone word to mean "coming" (that is "venire"). In the idiomatic expression "nou-venit" (newcomer), it means "comer" and, by itself, it means "income".

[AlexusD90]

Mulțumesc!

[Hector290697]

And what does "venire" look like in my native tongue? "Venir". Gotta love the Romance language family. :)

[VirginiaLa258399]

Marked wrong for no exclamation mark!!

[moreno174]

Bienvenue (french) Benvenuti (italian)
'You are welcome' no accept, only 'welcome' :(

[SaeedMahjoori]

Can this be used when serving the food?

[VirginiaLa258399]

No, that would be "poftiti." I'm not a native speaker, but I lived in Romania for 2 years and got offered a lot of food, so I'm pretty sure.

[_Meme_Time_]

You are 100% correct! You could also say 'Pofta buna' which basically means 'Enjoy your meal'

Hope that helps!