scoate de la naftalină

Romanian

Etymology

Literally, “take out from the naphthalene”, in reference to old items being stored with naphthalene mothballs.

Verb

a scoate de la naftalină (third-person singular present scoate de la naftalină, past participle scos de la naftalină) 3rd conj. (idiomatic)

1. (transitive) put back to use after a long period of disuse

References

• naftalină in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)