nevoie mare

== Romanian == === Etymology === Literally, “great wonder”. This sense of nevoie (literally “need”) is obscure, with speakers not being aware of the literal meaning of the expression anymore. === Adverb === nevoie mare (now ironic) awfully, mighty (very); awfully much, very much ==== Related terms ==== nevoie de cap === Further reading === “nevoie”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026 Iorgu Iordan, Alexandru Graur, Ion Coteanu, editors (1971), “nevóie”, in Dicționarul Limbii Române‎[1], volume 7, part 1, Bucharest: Academy of the Socialist Republic of Romania, page 384