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Romanian
Adverb
de tot
- completely, entirely
- Synonym: cu totul
1620, Mihail Moxa, Cronica universală [Universal chronicle] (manuscript), folio 65v; published in Gheorghe Mihăilă, editor, Cronica universală, Bucharest: Minerva, 1989, →ISBN, page 150:ноуе҆ра̀дето́тьръ́ꙋа҆наста́сїе·ч̑ее҆ра̀шибоу́нь·- Nu era de tot rău Anastasie, ce era și bun.
- Anastasius wasn’t entirely bad, but he was also good.
- (of an amount, uncommon) taken together, all in all
1620, Mihail Moxa, Cronica universală [Universal chronicle] (manuscript); published in Gheorghe Mihăilă, editor, Cronica universală, Bucharest: Minerva, 1989, page 102:Și trăi Adam 230 de ai, iară născu și pre Sith; iară de tot trăi Adam 932.- And Adam lived 230 years, and also bore Seth; and, all in all, Adam lived to 932.
2016, Cosmin Pătrașcu Zamfirache, Adevărul:Sunt oameni care au 400 de lei de tot.- There are people who only have 400 lei when they put it all together.
- (now informal) Synonym of foarte (“very”)
1893, Barbu Ștefănescu Delavrancea, Bunica:―A fost odată un împărat mare, mare…
―Cât de mare?
―Mare de tot.- “There once was a great, great emperor…”
“How great?”
“Very great.”
Usage notes
The adverb, in its meaning of “very”, is always postposited in modern usage.
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