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oarecare
a certain, some /ˌo̯a.reˈka.re/
adjective#3619 most common
Also: some sort of, ordinary, run-of-the-mill
Example sentences
Am o oarecare experiență în gătit.
I have some experience in cooking.
El este un om oarecare, nimic ieșit din comun.
He is an ordinary man, nothing out of the ordinary.
Există o oarecare șansă să câștigăm meciul.
There is a certain chance we will win the match.
Într-o oarecare măsură, are dreptate în ce spune.
To a certain extent, he is right about what he says.
Propunerea a stârnit o oarecare nemulțumire în rândul echipei.
The proposal stirred up a certain discontent among the team.
Cu o oarecare reticență, dar conștient de miza discuției, a acceptat să își expună punctul de vedere.
With a certain reluctance, but aware of what was at stake in the discussion, he agreed to lay out his point of view.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | oarecare | oarecare |
| Genitive | oarecare | oarecare |
| Accusative | oarecare | oarecare |
| Vocative | oarecare | oarecare |
Word family
Etymology
Oarecare is a native formation built from two older Romanian words: the particle oare, used to mark doubt or a question, and care, meaning which. Together they originally meant something like whichever it may be, and the phrase settled into a single word denoting an unspecified or unremarkable degree of something. Care itself continues Latin qualis. The origin of oare is debated among Romanian etymologists, so no single Latin source is settled.
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