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pic
a drop (a tiny amount, as in "a little bit") /ˈpik/
noun#323 most common
Also: a bit, a drop of liquid
Example sentences
Mai vreau un pic de apă.
I want a little more water.
Așteaptă un pic!
Wait a bit!
Afară plouă și cad picuri mari pe geam.
Outside it's raining and big drops are falling on the window.
Nu mai am nici pic de răbdare.
I don't have even a bit of patience left.
Pic cu pic, a strâns bani pentru casă.
Little by little, he saved up money for a house.
Un pic mai mult efort și am fi terminat proiectul la timp.
A little more effort and we would have finished the project on time.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | pic | picuri |
| Genitive | picului | picurilor |
| Accusative | pic | picuri |
| Vocative | pic | picuri |
Word family
picăturăa drop of liquid
a picurato drip, to trickle
picurarethe act of dripping
picuratdripped, drizzled
Etymology
Romanian dictionaries treat "pic" as an onomatopoeic formation, imitating the small sound a single drop makes when it falls. It sits in the same word family as the verb "a picura" (to drip) and the noun "picătură" (a drop). Its main modern use, in the phrase "un pic" for "a little bit," grew out of this literal sense of a single drop as the smallest measurable amount.
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