tocilar

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Romanian

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Etymology

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From tocilă +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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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

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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

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