"chca nechca" meaning in All languages combined

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Adverb [Czech]

IPA: [ˈxt͡sa ˈnɛxt͡sa]
Etymology: From east-Moravian dialect. Head templates: {{cs-adv}} chca nechca
  1. (informal, colloquial, humorous) Alternative form of chtě nechtě (“willy-nilly”) Tags: alt-of, alternative, colloquial, humorous, informal Alternative form of: chtě nechtě (extra: willy-nilly)
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          "english": "God wanted me to become a journalist, or a reporter, as you wish. For twenty-two years, more or less willy-nilly, I had to write prose.",
          "ref": "2006, Karel Kryl, Rozhovory, Praha: Torst, →ISBN, page 505:",
          "text": "Pán Bůh chtěl, že jsem se stal taky žurnalistou nebo novinářem, jak chcete. Dvaadvacet let, víceméně chca nechca, jsem musel prózu psát.",
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        "(informal, colloquial, humorous) Alternative form of chtě nechtě (“willy-nilly”)"
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        "colloquial",
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      "ipa": "[ˈxt͡sa ˈnɛxt͡sa]"
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          "word": "chtě nechtě"
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        "Czech colloquialisms",
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        "Czech dialectal terms",
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        "Czech informal terms",
        "Czech lemmas",
        "Czech multiword terms",
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          "ref": "2006, Karel Kryl, Rozhovory, Praha: Torst, →ISBN, page 505:",
          "text": "Pán Bůh chtěl, že jsem se stal taky žurnalistou nebo novinářem, jak chcete. Dvaadvacet let, víceméně chca nechca, jsem musel prózu psát.",
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