отвръщам — meaning in English
otvrashtam
Bulgarian → English · translate English → Bulgarian instead
English meaning
- answer noun A reply given to a question, or a solution to a problem.
- reciprocate verb To respond to an action or feeling with a similar one in return.
- reply verb To give a spoken or written answer to a question, message, or accusation.
- retort noun A sharp, witty, or cutting reply, especially one that turns an insult back on the person who made it.
Senses
отвръщам is used for these senses in English:
- answer To be or act in conformity, or by way of accommodation, correspondence, relation, or proportion; to conform; to correspond; to suit; usually with to.
- answer (obsolete) To be or act as an equivalent to, or as adequate or sufficient for; to serve for; to repay.
- reciprocate (intransitive) To counter, retort or retaliate.
- reply (transitive, intransitive) To give a written or spoken response, especially to a question, request, accusation or criticism; to answer.
- reply (intransitive) To act or gesture in response.
- retort To say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation.
answer — full definition
- noun A reply given to a question, or a solution to a problem.
- verb To give a reply, especially to a question, letter, or call.
- verb To be accountable or responsible for something, often to someone in authority.
reciprocate — full definition
- verb To respond to an action or feeling with a similar one in return.
- verb Of machinery, to move back and forth repeatedly, like a piston.