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căcat
shit (excrement); also used to mean "crap" or "crappy" /kəˈkat/
noun#3609 most common
Also: crap, junk (something worthless), crappy (colloquial adjectival use)
Example sentences
Câinele a făcut căcat pe covor.
The dog pooped on the carpet.
Nu călca în căcatul de pe trotuar.
Don't step in the poop on the sidewalk.
Filmul ăsta a fost un căcat, nu-l recomand nimănui.
This movie was crap, I don't recommend it to anyone.
Mi-a stricat toată ziua cu prostiile lui, e un căcat de om.
He ruined my whole day with his nonsense, he's a worthless piece of shit.
Proiectul ăsta e un căcat cu ochi, nimic nu funcționează cum trebuie.
This project is a total mess, nothing works the way it should.
Politicienii tot promit marea cu sarea, dar la urma urmei tot un căcat iese.
The politicians keep promising the world, but in the end it all amounts to crap.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | căcat | căcaturi |
| Genitive | căcatului | căcaturilor |
| Accusative | căcat | căcaturi |
| Vocative | căcatule | căcaturilor |
Word family
a căcato defecate
căcăreazăsmall dropping (of animals)
căcăcioscowardly, spineless
căcat cu ochia total mess, a disaster
Etymology
The word comes from the Latin verb "cacare," meaning to defecate, which Vulgar Latin passed down across the Romance languages. In Romanian, "căcat" is the past participle of "a căca" (to shit), and that participle came to function as a standalone noun for the excrement itself. The underlying root is an old, likely imitative word for defecation found widely across Indo-European languages.
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