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ROMANIAN · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

parcă.

it’s like, one could say, it’s as if…

5 characters2 syllables approx.Română language

Meaning & usage

adv/ˈpar.kə/
  1. it’s like, one could say, it’s as if…

    informal · literary
    Parcă s-a întors iarna.
    Când începe, parcă nu se mai termină niciodată.
  2. Denotes uncertainty.

    informal · literary
    Da, acum parcă am înțeles.
    ―Auzi ceva? ―Parcă.
  3. as though

    informal
    Parcă îi pasă cuiva.
    Deschizi geamul, parcă nu se simte că ai fumat.
  4. Remarks upon a discrepancy between previous communications and what is now presented: I thought…

    colloquial
    Să mergem la muncă? Parcă azi aveam zi liberă.
Where this word comes from

Univerbation of pare (“seems”) + că (“like”).

verb/parˈkə/
  1. third-person singular simple perfect indicative of parca (“to park”)

noun
  1. one of the Fates

    Roman · feminine
Where this word comes from

Learned borrowing from Latin Parca.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.