No. 642 in Slovak

celkom

The Slovak word "celkom" means "quite," "entirely," or "completely" in English, depending on the context.

In a sentence

Tá kniha bola celkom zaujímavá.
The book was quite interesting.
In this context, 'celkom' means 'quite', indicating a moderate level of interest.
Podarilo sa mi to celkom rýchlo vyriešiť.
I managed to solve it rather quickly.
Here, 'celkom' means 'rather', emphasizing the speed of solving the problem.
Celkom som nepochopil, čo si tým myslel.
I completely didn't understand what you meant by that.
In this sentence, 'celkom' has the meaning of 'completely', describing a total lack of understanding.

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