Translation: boredom, tedium
The word dolgčas literally means long (dolg) time (čas). I hope this post will not bore you.
Examples:
Dolgčas mi je.
(I’m bored.)
Po nekaj dneh neznosnega dolgčasa je končno lahko zapustil stanovanje.
(After a few days of unbearable boredom he was finally able to leave the apartment.)
Ta predstava je čisti dolgčas.
(This show is a total boredom.)
Kadar sta Pak in Mak skupaj, jima ni nikoli dolgčas.
(Pak and Mak are never bored when they are together.)
Expressions:
preganjati dolgčas
(to pass the time, to kill the time; lit. to chase away the boredom)
Med poletjem sem si dolgčas preganjal z branjem knjig.
(During the summer I was passing the time reading books.)
Related:
brezčasen – timeless (lit. without (brez) time)
sčasoma – in time (lit. with time)