Catalan

Pronoun

quelcom

1. something
   • 1919, Claudi Planas i Font, En Pere i altres contes

     ...tenia quelcom de brutal l'espectacle d'aquell home decrèpit...

     ...there was something brutal about the spectacle of that decrepit man...

2. (in questions) anything

Usage notes

In colloquial speech alguna cosa, res or the nonstandard Castilianism algo are used instead.

Synonyms

• alguna cosa
• res
• algo (nonstandard)

Adverb

quelcom

1. (literary) a bit, somewhat, rather

References

Diccionari català-valencià-balear (DCVB)