de unul singur
Romanian
Alternative forms
- де унул сингур (de unul singur) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling
Etymology
Literally, “by one alone”.
Adverb
de unul singur (female equivalent de una singură)
- by oneself (without company)
- Synonym: singur
- a vorbi de unul singur ― to talk to oneself
- Unii consideră că este ciudat să mergi la cinematograf de unul singur.
- Some think it strange to go to the cinema by oneself.
- by oneself (without help)
- Synonym: singur
- by oneself (without external cause)
- Synonyms: de la sine, singur
- Nu se poate să se fi aprins becul de unul singur.
- The lightbulb couldn’t have turned on by itself.
References
- singur in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
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