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numai.

only (no more than)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Română language

Meaning & usage

adv/ˈnu.maj/

  1. only (no more than)

    și nu numai
    numai că

  2. only (exclusively)

    Intrarea este permisă numai personalului autorizat.
    Numai temperaturile extreme pot rupe legătura azotului molecular.

  3. only (exclusively) Indicates the subject to be characterised by an abundance of the respective noun: all

    excessive · sometimes
    numai un zâmbet
    Am mers desculț pe asfaltul fierbinte și acum picioarele-mi sunt numai bășici.

  4. almost, nearly, just about (of an event that was close to happening)

    informal
    Furtuna de ieri numai că nu a doborât copacii.
    Mama numai n-a leșinat când a aflat.

  5. suddenly, unexpectedly

    colloquial
    Mergeam cu el pe stradă, și numa-l văd cum cade într-o gură de canal.

  6. only just (not long before)

    informal
    ―Cât mai ai de lucru? ―Numai ce am terminat.
    În Rusia numai ce se încheiase Primul Război Mondial, că a și început Războiul Civil.

  7. just (quite)

    numai bun
    numai bine

  8. synonym of ci (“but rather”)

    nonstandard

  9. Follows an imperative, sometimes serving to point out the simplicity of the command or to disregard protest.

    Transylvania · colloquial
Where this word comes from

Univerbation of nu + mai. Compare Latin American Spanish nomás, Catalan només and Venetan noma. First attested in the 16th century. The imperative-accompanying sense is a semantic loan from Hungarian csak.

conj/ˈnu.maj/

  1. but

    nonstandard
Where this word comes from

Univerbation of nu + mai. Compare Latin American Spanish nomás, Catalan només and Venetan noma. First attested in the 16th century. The imperative-accompanying sense is a semantic loan from Hungarian csak.

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