oarecare
Appearance
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Determiner
[edit]oarecare m or f or n (plural oarecare)
- some (one unspecified in identity)
- Synonym: vreun
- Țurțurii pot oricând să pice pe un trecător oarecare.
- The icicles may at any time fall on some passerby.
- Moderately and concessively emphasises the character or degree of something: a certain[usage note 1]
- Synonym: anumit
- Chișinăul are un oarecare farmec.
- Chișinău does have a certain charm to it.
- Deși purtăm echipamente de protecție, trebuie să ne purtăm cu o oarecare grijă.
- Even though we wear protective suits, we must exercise a certain caution.
- (chiefly in the negative) just any, any old; undistinguished, like any other[usage note 2]
- Aceasta nu este o zi oarecare.
- This is no ordinary day.
- Nu mă mulțumesc cu un post oarecare.
- I’m not happy with just any old position.
- (obsolete, in the plural) a few, some (an unspecified number)
- Synonym: câțiva
- (obsolete, rare) whichever, whatever
- Synonym: oricare
Usage notes
[edit]Declension
[edit]singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative-accusative | oarecare | oarecare | oarecare | oarecare | |||
genitive-dative | oarecărui | oarecărei | oarecăror | oarecăror |
Noun
[edit]oarecare
- a nobody, an unimportant person
Pronoun
[edit]oarecare
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative-accusative | oarecare | oarecare | oarecare | oarecare | |||
genitive-dative | oarecăruia | oarecăreia | oarecărora | oarecărora |
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- oarecare in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
- Iorgu Iordan, Alexandru Graur, Ion Coteanu, editors (1969), “oarecáre”, in Dicționarul Limbii Române[1], volume 7, part 2, Bucharest: Academy of the Socialist Republic of Romania, pages 9–10
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