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dobitoc
idiot (a foolish or stupid person) /do.biˈtok/
noun#3079 most common
Also: fool, brute, beast (archaic, of livestock)
Example sentences
Nu fi dobitoc!
Don't be an idiot!
Fratele meu e un dobitoc care uită mereu cheile.
My brother is an idiot who always forgets his keys.
De ce ești așa de dobitoc încât să crezi asta?
Why are you foolish enough to believe that?
Șeful l-a numit dobitoc în fața tuturor colegilor.
The boss called him an idiot in front of all his colleagues.
Dobitocule, de câte ori trebuie să-ți spun același lucru?
You idiot, how many times do I have to tell you the same thing?
Cronicarul îi numea pe soldații lași «dobitoci fără minte», arătând disprețul poporului față de trădare.
The chronicler called the cowardly soldiers 'mindless brutes,' showing the people's contempt for betrayal.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | dobitocul | dobitocii |
| Genitive | dobitocului | dobitocilor |
| Accusative | dobitocul | dobitocii |
| Vocative | dobitocule | dobitocilor |
Word family
dobitociea stupid act or remark; stupidity
a dobitocito make stupid or brutish (rare, regional)
dobitocitmade stupid, dulled (rare)
dobitocescbeast-like, brutish (archaic, literary)
Etymology
Dobitoc entered Romanian from a South Slavic source, related to Old Church Slavonic and Bulgarian dobytъkъ, meaning cattle or livestock, something acquired as property. The word first named domestic animals in Romanian, a sense still found in older or rural speech. Over time it shifted to a figurative insult for a stupid or brutish person, the way English speakers might call someone a dumb ox.
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