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doar
only /ˈdwar/
adverb#48 most common
Also: just, merely, surely (emphatic particle)
Example sentences
Am doar un măr.
I only have one apple.
Este doar ora nouă.
It's only nine o'clock.
Doar el știe răspunsul.
Only he knows the answer.
Nu am spus asta doar ca să te superi.
I didn't say that just to upset you.
Doar dacă ai timp, putem discuta mai târziu.
Only if you have time, can we talk later.
Doar n-ai crezut că o să fie chiar așa de simplu?
Surely you didn't think it would be that simple?
Word family
doar-doarreduplicated expression meaning 'in the vague hope that'
numaionly (close synonym of doar)abiabarely, just (near-synonym in some contexts, unrelated origin)Etymology
The origin of doar is not settled among Romanian etymologists. One common account derives it from Latin de fused with oare, itself from Latin hora ('hour'), which also gives the interrogative particle oare ('I wonder'). Because the derivation stays disputed, standard dictionaries often list it as uncertain rather than assign a firm source. No secure Proto-Indo-European root can be given with confidence.
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