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правосла́вен
(Christianity, loosely) Of or pertaining to a particular Orthodox Church, usually the Eastern Orthodox Church, sometimes the Oriental Orthodox Church or the Church of the East. · pravoslaven
правосла́вие
The aggregate of the definitive elements of the Eastern Orthodox Church, such as its faith, worship, theology, and traditions. · pravoslavie
правоспосо́бност
Legal authority (to make an arrest for example). · pravosposobnost
правосъдие
The power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law. · pravosadie
правота
Straightness; the state or quality of having a constant direction and not being crooked or bent. [from 15th c.] · pravota
правоъгълен
(crystallography) Having three equal axes and all angles 90°. · pravoagalen
правоъгъ́лник
(geometry) Any quadrilateral having opposing sides parallel and four right angles. · pravoagalnik
пра́вя
(obsolete, transitive) To do (something); to perform. · pravya
правя абзац
(typography) To begin (a line or lines) at a greater or lesser distance from the margin. See indentation, and indention. Normal indent pushes in a line or paragraph. "Hanging indent" pulls the line out into the margin. · pravya abzats
правя анализ
(transitive) To analyze or estimate the composition or value of (a metal, ore etc.). [from 15th c.] · pravya analiz
правя баланс
(transitive) To make the credits and debits of (an account) correspond. · pravya balans
правя белег
(transitive) To mark the skin permanently. · pravya beleg
правя вдлъбнатина
To dent; to stamp or to press in; to impress · pravya vdlabnatina
правя връзка
To make a travel connection; to switch from one means of transport to another as part of the same trip. · pravya vrazka
правя вълнички
(intransitive) To move like the undulating surface of a body of water; to undulate. · pravya valnichki
правя вълнообразен
(transitive) To cause to resemble a wave. · pravya valnoobrazen
правя гаргара
(intransitive) To clean one's mouth by holding water or some other liquid in the back of the mouth and blowing air out from the lungs. · pravya gargara
правя груби грешки
(intransitive) To make a big mistake, especially when it is careless or stupid. [from 1706] · pravya grubi greshki
правя да увехне
(transitive) To cause to fatigue; to exhaust. · pravya da uvehne
правя дисекция
(transitive) To study an animal's anatomy by cutting it apart; to perform a necropsy or an autopsy. · pravya disektsiya
правя жлеб
(transitive) To cut a groove or channel in; to form into channels or grooves; to furrow. · pravya zhleb
правя засада
(transitive) To lie in wait for and attack from ambush. · pravya zasada
правя извод
To infer or conclude; to know from a different source. · pravya izvod
правя импас
(bridge, slang) To finesse. · pravya impas
правя канавки
(transitive) To supply with a gutter or gutters. · pravya kanavki
правя капо
(transitive, telecommunications) To move a customer from one service provider to another without their consent. · pravya kapo
правя коловоз
(transitive) To make a furrow. · pravya kolovoz
правя коментар
(transitive) To add annotation to. · pravya komentar
правя комплимент
(ambitransitive) To pay a compliment (to someone); to express a favourable opinion (of someone). · pravya kompliment
правя копие
(transitive) To make a copy of. · pravya kopie
правя крачки
(intransitive, basketball) To move illegally by walking or running without dribbling the ball. · pravya krachki
правя курсове
(ambitransitive, transport) To travel over (a route) regularly. · pravya kursove
пра́вя любо́в
(transitive, euphemistic) To have sex with (perhaps from make love). · pravya lyubov
правя магии
(intransitive) To perform magic tricks. · pravya magii
правя матов
(transitive) To make, render (more) opaque. · pravya matov
правя на бърза ръка
(generally with the particle "up") To repair or arrange in a hasty or clumsy manner · pravya na barza raka
правя на решето
To fill with holes like a riddle. · pravya na resheto
правя насип
(transitive) To form into a bank or heap, to bank up. · pravya nasip
правя небрежно
(transitive) To treat (someone or something) with disdain or neglect, usually out of prejudice, hatred, or jealousy; to ignore disrespectfully; to skimp on one's duties toward. · pravya nebrezhno
правя негоден
(transitive) To render unfit or unsuited; to disqualify. · pravya negoden
правя неспособен
(transitive) To render unable; to take away an ability of, as by crippling. · pravya nesposoben
правя нещо как да е
(transitive) To assemble in an improvised way. · pravya neshto kak da e
правя основен ремонт
To modernize, repair, renovate, or revise completely. · pravya osnoven remont
правя отпечатък
(transitive) To stamp something in or upon; to make an impression or mark upon by pressure, or as by pressure. · pravya otpechatak
правя отстъпка
(transitive) To deduct or return an amount from a bill or payment · pravya otstapka
правя пауза
(transitive) To defer; to put off temporarily or indefinitely. · pravya pauza
правя пердложение
(intransitive, sometimes followed by to) To ask for a person's hand in marriage. · pravya perdlozhenie
правя плодовит
To make fertile. · pravya plodovit
правя разбор
(grammar, transitive) To analyze the grammatical structure of a clause or sentence; to parse. · pravya razbor
правя ревизия
(finance, business) To conduct an independent review and examination of system records and activities in order to test the adequacy and effectiveness of data security and data integrity procedures, to ensure compliance with established policy and operational procedures, and to recommend any necessary changes · pravya reviziya
правя резба
(transitive) To cut (the thread of a screw). · pravya rezba
правя реламация
(intransitive) To be entitled to anything; to deduce a right or title; to have a claim. · pravya relamatsiya
правя релефен
(now, _, rare) To make (something) stand out; to make prominent, bring into relief. [from 18th c.] · pravya relefen
правя ренонс
(intransitive, card games) To fail to follow suit; playing a card of a different suit when having no card of the suit led. · pravya renons
правя ривок
(intransitive, card games) To break one's commitment to follow suit when capable. · pravya rivok
правя рокада
(usually, _, intransitive, shogi) To create a similar defensive position in Japanese chess through several moves. · pravya rokada
правя ръб
(transitive) To form a rim on. · pravya rab
правя салто
To perform a somersault. · pravya salto
правя се че не виждам
(transitive) To deliberately ignore something; to pretend not to notice. · pravya se che ne vizhdam
правя секс
To engage in any sexual act. · pravya seks
правя серенада
(transitive) To sing or play a serenade for (someone). · pravya serenada
правя слаб
(transitive) To make weaker or less strong. · pravya slab
пра́вя спи́сък
To create a time-schedule. · pravya spisak
правя стриптийз
(transitive) To fire (a bullet or ball) from a rifle such that it fails to pick up a spin from the rifling. · pravya striptiyz
правя услуга
(transitive, intransitive) To do (someone) a service or favour (hence, originally, creating an obligation). · pravya usluga
правя фаска
(transitive) To cut off the edge or corner of something. · pravya faska
праг
A threshold or brink across the bottom of a canal lock for the gates to shut against. · prag
Пра́га
The capital city of the Czech Republic; the former capital of Czechoslovakia; the former capital of the Kingdom of Bohemia. · Praga
прагматичен
Practical, concerned with making decisions and actions that are useful in practice, not just theory. · pragmatichen
пражки
The capital city of the Czech Republic; the former capital of Czechoslovakia; the former capital of the Kingdom of Bohemia. · prazhki
праз
A vegetable of variety Allium ampeloprasum, having edible leaves and an onion-like bulb but with a milder flavour than the onion. · praz
празен
Free from writing, printing, or marks; having an empty space to be filled in. · prazen
празен указател
A non-existent or empty value or set of values. · prazen ukazatel
празненство́
A social gathering for entertainment and fun; a party. · praznenstvo
празни приказки
(figuratively) Unimportant or insubstantial talk, events, or actions; drivel. · prazni prikazki
пра́зник
A social gathering for entertainment and fun; a party. · praznik
празнина́
An empty space; a void, for example on a paper [since the 16th century]. · praznina
празничен
Having elements of a feast or of entertainment, especially when it comes to eating and drinking, with accompanying festivity · praznichen
празно множество
(set theory) The unique set that contains no elements, denoted ∅ or {}. · prazno mnozhestvo
пра́зно мя́сто
An opening in anything made by breaking or parting. · prazno myasto
празно поле
A non-existent or empty value or set of values. · prazno pole
празнословие
(informal) Nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language. · praznoslovie
празнота
Emptiness. · praznota
празну́вам
(transitive, or, intransitive) To engage in joyful activity in appreciation of an event. · praznuvam
празну́ване
A social gathering for entertainment and fun; a party. · praznuvane
праисторически
Belonging to the first ages. · praistoricheski
праисто́рия
The time before written records in any area of the world; the events and conditions of those times. · praistoriya
пра́ктика
A custom or practice of a society or community. · praktika
практика́нт
Someone who is still in the process of being formally trained in a workplace. · praktikant
практика́нтка
Someone who is still in the process of being formally trained in a workplace. · praktikantka
практику́вам
To put into practice; to carry out; to act upon; to commit; to execute; to do. · praktikuvam
практичен
Put into practical use. · praktichen
практически
In practice; in effect or in actuality, though possibly not officially, technically, or legally. · prakticheski
практичност
(UK, Irish) Common sense, initiative, resourcefulness. [from early 18th c.] · praktichnost
пра́не
A place or room where laundering is done - including, by extension, other forms of laundering than clothes washing. · prane
праоте́ц
One from whom a person is descended, whether on the father's or mother's side, at any distance of time; a progenitor; a forefather; a forebear. · praotets
прароди́тел
One from whom a person is descended, whether on the father's or mother's side, at any distance of time; a progenitor; a forefather; a forebear. · praroditel
прасе
Any animal belonging to the Suidae family of mammals, especially the pig, the warthog, and the boar. · prase
прасе́нце
A young pig. · prasentse
прасец
The muscle in the back of the leg below the knee. · prasets
прасило
A litter of piglets. · prasilo
пра́теник
A diplomat of the highest rank sent to a foreign court to represent there their sovereign or country. (Sometimes called ambassador-in-residence) · pratenik
пра́теница
A diplomat of the highest rank sent to a foreign court to represent there their sovereign or country. (Sometimes called ambassador-in-residence) · pratenitsa
пра́теничка
An agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else. · pratenichka
пратка
A collection of goods to be sent, in transit or having been sent. · pratka
прах
(countable, obsolete) A single fine, dry particle of earth or other material; grain of dust. · prah
прахан
(obsolete) Touchwood, punk, tinder. · prahan
прахосвам
(transitive, figurative) To squander or waste. · prahosvam
прахосване
The action or progress of wasting; extravagant consumption or ineffectual use. · prahosvane
прахосник
An overly wasteful or extravagant individual. · prahosnik
прахоснически
Wasteful of health or possessions in the pursuit of pleasure. · prahosnicheski
прахосничество
A dissolute course of life, in which health, money, etc., are squandered in pursuit of pleasure; profuseness in immoral indulgence, as late hours, riotous living, etc.; dissoluteness. · prahosnichestvo
прашен
Covered with dust. · prashen
прашинка
(literary, or, puristic, otherwise, archaic) A small particle; a speck. · prashinka
пра́шка
(weapon) An instrument for throwing stones or other missiles, consisting of a short strap with two strings fastened to its ends, or with a string fastened to one end and a light stick to the other. · prashka
пра́шки
(UK, US) An item of clothing, usually an undergarment or swimwear consisting of very narrow strips designed to cover just the genitals and nothing more. · prashki
пращам
(transitive) To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform. · prashtam
пращене
A prolonged, frequent cracking sound; a fizzing, popping sound. · prashtene
пращина
The pulp or pulplike matter remaining from a substance pressed to extract its juice or oil. · prashtina
пращя
(intransitive) To make a prolonged, frequent cracking sound which sounds like fizzing or popping. · prashtya
пре-
To a great extent or degree; highly; very. · pre-
преамбюл
A short preliminary statement or remark, especially an explanatory introduction to a formal document or statute. · preambyul
пребива́вам
(transitive) To endure without yielding; to withstand. [from mid-12th c.] · prebivavam
пребивавам временно
(intransitive) To reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodger. · prebivavam vremenno
пребива́ване
The state of living in a particular place or environment. · prebivavane
пребивам
To beat mercilessly. · prebivam
пребивам с камъни
(transitive, legal) To throw stones or other objects at, as punishment, sometimes until death. · prebivam s kamani
пребиване с камъни
(legal) The practice or act of stoning, sometimes to the point of death, as punishment · prebivane s kamani
пребледнял
Appearing weak, pale, or wan. · preblednyal
преброен съм
(transitive, passive) To limit to a certain number; to reckon (as by fate) to be few in number. · prebroen sam
преброител
A person who counts the votes in an election. · prebroitel
преброя
(transitive) To label (items) with numbers; to assign numbers to (items). · prebroya
преброявам
(transitive) To label (items) with numbers; to assign numbers to (items). · prebroyavam
преброявам отново
To count again. · prebroyavam otnovo
преброяване на населението
(cellular automata) A count of the number of individual patterns within a larger pattern, most often the ash of a soup or a methuselah. · prebroyavane na naselenieto
преваля́ване
A brief fall of precipitation (spell of rain, or a similar fall of snow, sleet, or cascade); burst of hefty precipitation. · prevalyavane
превантивен
Carried out to deter military aggression. · prevantiven
преварявам
(transitive) To give (someone or something) too much work; to require too much effort or strength of (someone); to use up too much of (something). · prevaryavam
преведа́
(transitive) To express spoken words or written text in a different (often clearer or simpler) way in the same language; to paraphrase, to rephrase, to restate. · preveda
превеждам
To serve as a guide for someone or something; to lead or direct in a way; to conduct in a course or path. · prevezhdam
превеждам (устно)
To decode the meaning of a topic and then act, whether to continue researching the topic, follow through, act in opposition, or further the understanding through sharing an interpretation. · prevezhdam (ustno)
превес
(chiefly, figurative) That which outweighs; excessive weight. · preves
превземане
An unusual mannerism. · prevzemane
превзет
(of a person, their language or writing) showy in speech and given to using flowery or elaborate terms; grandiloquent; pompous · prevzet
превзетост
Exaggerated or affected style in art, speech, or other behavior. · prevzetost
превивам се
(intransitive) To twist bodily; to contort one's self; to be distorted. · previvam se
превишавам
(transitive) To be higher than; to rise over the top of. [from 16th c.] · previshavam
превишавам лимита си
To withdraw more money from an account than there is credit; to make an overdraft · previshavam limita si
превишавам скоростта
To cause to make haste; to dispatch with celerity; to drive at full speed; hence, to hasten; to hurry. · previshavam skorostta
превишаване на лимита
(uncountable) The act of overdrawing a bank account. · previshavane na limita

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