de tot

Romanian

Adverb

de tot

1. completely, entirely [from 1620]

   Synonym: cu totul

   • 1620, Mihail Moxa, Cronica universală [Universal chronicle]‎^[1] (manuscript), folio 65^v; published in Gheorghe Mihăilă, editor, Cronica universală, Bucharest: Minerva, 1989, →ISBN, page 150:

     ноу​е҆ра̀​де​то́ть​ръ́ꙋ​а҆наста́сїе·ч̑е​е҆ра̀​ши​боу́нь·

     Nu era de tot rău Anastasie, ce era și bun.

     Anastasius wasn’t entirely bad, but he was also good.

2. (of an amount, uncommon) taken together, all in all [from 1620]
   • 1620, Mihail Moxa, Cronica universală [Universal chronicle]‎^[2] (manuscript); published in Gheorghe Mihăilă, editor, Cronica universală, Bucharest: Minerva, 1989, page 102:

     Și trăi Adam 230 de ai, iară născu și pre Sith; iară de tot trăi Adam 932.

     And Adam lived 230 years, and also bore Seth; and, all in all, Adam lived to 932.

   • 2016, Cosmin Pătrașcu Zamfirache, Adevărul‎^[3]:

     Sunt oameni care au 400 de lei de tot.

     There are people who only have 400 lei when they put it all together.

3. (now informal) Synonym of foarte (“very”) [from 1688]
   • 1893, Barbu Ștefănescu Delavrancea, Bunica:

     ―A fost odată un împărat mare, mare…
     ―Cât de mare?
     ―Mare de tot.

     “There once was a great, great emperor…”
     “How great?”
     “Very great.”

Usage notes

The adverb, in its meaning of “very”, is always postposited in modern usage.

Derived terms

• ardere de tot

References

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