nekóč once, at one time, in times past, in old times, in former times; (v bodočnosti) some day
 nekóč boš moral vse poplačati you'll have to pay it all back some day
 davno nekóč long ago, in times past, in ancient times; pesniško in olden days, in days or yore
 nekóč je bil kralj... (v pravljicah) once upon a time there was a king
 nekóč sem to delal (zdaj ne več) I used to do it