tocilar

Romanian

Etymology

From tocilă +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /to.t͡ʃiˈlar/
  • Rhymes: -ar
  • Hyphenation: to‧ci‧lar

Noun

tocilar m (plural tocilari)

  1. knifegrinder (person who sharpens knives)
  2. (figurative, derogatory) crammer (student who learns mechanically and without understanding)
    1. (loosely) nerd (one more involved in studying than in social activities)

Usage notes

Tocilar has been used as an equivalent to English nerd (“person involved in unconventional subcultures”) in translated media, though this is not a sense that would be found in normal usage.

Declension

Declension of tocilar
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative tocilar tocilarul tocilari tocilarii
genitive-dative tocilar tocilarului tocilari tocilarilor
vocative tocilarule tocilarilor

References

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