Bulgarian–English dictionary

бродя

(intransitive) To roam, or wander about at random, especially over a wide area. · brodya

бродя́га

(specifically) A person without settled employment or habitation who usually supports himself or herself by begging or some dishonest means; a tramp, a vagabond. · brodyaga

броене

a count · broene

броеница

(archaic) A string (of beads), especially when making up five decades of the rosary. · broenitsa

броим

(grammar, of a noun) Freely usable with the indefinite article and with numbers. · broim

брой

The result of a tally that reveals the number of items in a set; a quantity counted. · broy

брой редове

Descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage. · broy redove

бройлер

A chicken raised for meat. · broyler

бройна форма

(grammar) A language form referring to a few of something (three to around ten), as a small group of people; contrast singular, dual, trial, and plural. · broyna forma

брока́т

A shiny, decorative adornment, sometimes sprinkled on glue to make simple artwork. · brokat

бро́кер

A mediator between a buyer and seller. · broker

бро́коли

A plant, Brassica oleracea var. italica, of the cabbage family, Brassicaceae; especially, the tree-shaped flower and stalk that are eaten as a vegetable. · brokoli

бронено́сец

Any of the burrowing mammals covered with bony, jointed, protective plates, families Dasypodidae and Chlamyphoridae in the order Cingulata, found in the Americas, especially in South America. · bronenosets

бронетанков

(military) Equipped with armoured vehicles. · bronetankov

бронзов

Sounding harsh and loud, like brass cymbals or brass instruments. · bronzov

брониран

Possessing, wearing, or fitted out with armour. · broniran

бронирана ръкавица

Protective armor for the hands, formerly thrown down as a challenge to combat. · bronirana rakavitsa

бронхиален

Of or relating to the bronchia, bronchi or bronchioles. · bronhialen

бронхи́т

(uncountable) An inflammation of the bronchi of the lungs, that causes the cilia of the bronchial epithelial cells to stop functioning. · bronhit

броня́

(uncountable) A protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces. · bronya

брош

A dye made from the plant. · brosh

бро́шка

A piece of ornamental jewellery having a pin allowing it to be fixed to garments worn on the upper body. · broshka

брошу́ра

A small or thin book. · broshura

броя́

(intransitive) To amount to, to number in total. · broya

броя́ч

One who counts. · broyach

броя́чка

One who counts. · broyachka

Бруне́й

A country in Southeast Asia. Capital: Bandar Seri Begawan. · Bruney

Бру́но

(countable) A en given name. · Bruno

брус

The spongy mass of metal formed in a furnace by the smelting process. · brus

бруствер

(military) A fortification consisting of a wall. · brustver

брутален

Frightful, evil, cruel, or monstrous. · brutalen

брутен

(of an amount) Excluding any deductions; including all associated amounts. · bruten

бруто

The total amount (of goods, money, etc) before taxes, expenses, exceptions, tares, or similar deductions are subtracted. · bruto

бръмбар

(UK, Australia, NZ) A small car, the Volkswagen Beetle (original version made 1938–2003, similar models made 1997–2010 and since 2011). · brambar

бръмбар-гробар

A deathwatch beetle. · brambar-grobar

бръмча

to buzz or hum; to speak idly, vacuously, or to little effect. · bramcha

бръмчащ

(postpositive) Characterized by a high level of activity or gossip; in a buzz, buzzing. · bramchasht

бръмчене

the act or sound of humming or buzzing; hum, buzz · bramchene

бръ́нка

A circumscribing object, (roughly) circular and hollow, looking like an annual ring, earring, finger ring etc. · branka

бръсвам

(transitive) To move something rapidly and with no warning. · brasvam

бръ́сна

(intransitive) To remove hair from one's face by this means. · brasna

бръсна се

(intransitive) To remove hair from one's face by this means. · brasna se

бръсна́р

A person whose profession is cutting the hair and beards of usually male customers. · brasnar

бръсна́рка

A person whose profession is cutting the hair and beards of usually male customers. · brasnarka

бръсна́рница

(countable) The place of business of a barber; a store where a person (usually a male) can go to get a haircut. · brasnarnitsa

бръ́снат

Having been shaved. · brasnat

бръсна́ч

A keen-edged knife of peculiar shape, used in shaving the hair from the face or other parts of the body. · brasnach

бръснене

An instance of shaving. · brasnene

брътвеж

(uncountable) Speech or language that is incomprehensible or unintelligible; gibberish. · bratvezh

брътвя

(often with on, about, or both) To talk or write incessantly, unclearly, or incoherently, with many digressions. · bratvya

бръчка

A wrinkle, fold, crease, or unevenness. · brachka

бръшлян

Any of several woody, climbing, or trailing evergreen plants of the genus Hedera. · brashlyan

бръщолевене

Inarticulate speech; constant or confused murmur. · brashtolevene

бръщолевя

(intransitive) To utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter inarticulate sounds · brashtolevya

брюква

(now, North America) The edible root of this plant · bryukva

брюне́т

A person, especially female, with brown hair. · bryunet

брюне́тка

A person, especially female, with brown hair. · bryunetka

бряг

(hydrology) An edge of river, lake, or other watercourse. · bryag

бряст

(countable) A tree of the genus Ulmus of the family Ulmaceae, large deciduous trees with alternate stipulate leaves and small apetalous flowers. · bryast

буболе́чка

(gambling, slang) A metal clip attached to the underside of a table, etc. to hold hidden cards, as a form of cheating. · bubolechka

буботене

A low, heavy, continuous sound, such as that of thunder or a hungry stomach. · bubotene

буботя

(intransitive) To make a low, heavy, continuous sound. · bubotya

Бу́да

Siddhartha Gautama, the Nepali prince and Indian philosopher and teacher who founded Buddhism. · Buda

будала

A person who has been deceived. · budala

будалкам

To swindle, deceive, or trick. · budalkam

Будапе́ща

The capital and the most populous city of Hungary. · Budapeshta

буден

Not asleep; conscious. · buden

буди́зъм

The religion or philosophy derived from the teachings of Gautama Buddha. · budizam

буди́лник

A mechanical device for awaking people, or rousing their attention. · budilnik

буди́стки

Of, relating to, or practicing Buddhism. · budistki

бу́дка

A boxlike room or enclosure just big enough to accommodate one standing person, such as a phone booth or polling booth. · budka

будя

(transitive) To cause (somebody) to stop sleeping. · budya

буен

Full of energy; exuberant; noisy. · buen

буен огън

A fire, especially a fast-burning fire producing a lot of flames and light. · buen ogan

бу́за

(anatomy) The soft skin on each side of the face, below the eyes; the outer surface of the sides of the oral cavity. · buza

буй

(nautical) A float moored in water to mark a location, warn of danger, indicate a navigational channel or for other purposes · buy

буйно

In a vehement manner; expressing with a strong or forceful attitude. · buyno

буйно растящ

(dated) Thriving, prosperous, successful; (of an animal or plant) growing rapidly or vigorously. · buyno rastyasht

буйствам

(idiomatic) To become very noisy and excited. · buystvam

буйство

A course of violent, frenzied action. · buystvo

бук

A tree of the genus Fagus having a smooth, light grey trunk, oval, pointed leaves, and many branches. · buk

букаи́

(mostly, in the plural) One of the short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses, allowing them to wander short distances but preventing them from running off. · bukai

бу́ква

A symbol in an alphabet. · bukva

буквален

Exactly as stated; read or understood without interpretation; according to the letter; not figurative or metaphorical; following the letter or exact words; not taking liberties; etymonic rather than idiomatic. · bukvalen

буква́лно

Word for word; in exactly the same words as were used originally. · bukvalno

буква́р

A children's book intended to teach literacy: how to read, write, and spell. · bukvar

буквен

(uncommon) Consisting of, or expressed by, letters (of an alphabet); using literation. · bukven

буквояд

Someone who quibbles over trivia, and raises petty, annoying objections and sophistry. · bukvoyad

буке́т

A bunch of cut flowers. · buket

бу́кла

A curving piece or lock of hair; a ringlet. · bukla

букса

(engineering) A cylindrical casing around the axle of a wheel, a bearing, a gland, etc. · buksa

буксир

The distance over which something is hauled or transported, especially if long. · buksir

буксирно въже

A rope or cable used in towing. · buksirno vazhe

буксуване

An out-of-control sliding motion as would result from applying the brakes too hard in a car or other vehicle. · buksuvane

Букуре́щ

The capital city of Romania. · Bukuresht

була

A seal affixed to a document, especially a document from the Pope. · bula

булгур

Wheat grains that have been steamed, dried, and crushed; a staple of Middle Eastern cooking. · bulgur

булдо́г

A breed of dog developed in England by the crossing of the bullbaiting dog and the Pug to produce a ladies' companion dog, having a very smooth coat, a flattened face, wrinkly cheeks, powerful front legs, and smaller hind legs. · buldog

булдо́зер

A tractor with caterpillar tracks and an attached blade for pushing earth and building debris for coarse preliminary surface grading, demolishing building structures, etc. · buldozer

булимия нервоза

(pathology) A chronic eating disorder characterized by a binge-and-purge cycle: extreme overeating followed by self-induced vomiting. · bulimiya nervoza

бу́лка

A woman in the context of her own wedding; one who is going to marry or has just been married. · bulka

було

The thin membrane which covers the lower intestines; the omentum. [from 14th c.] · bulo

бульо́н

(uncountable) Water in which food (meat, vegetable, etc.) has been boiled. · bulyon

бум

Used to suggest the sound of an explosion. · bum

бумеранг

A flat curved airfoil that spins about an axis perpendicular to the direction of flight, originally used in various parts of the world as a hunting weapon or, in returnable types, for sports or training. · bumerang

бумтеж

A low-pitched, resonant sound, such as of an explosion. · bumtezh

буна

An often wooden structure that projects from a coastline to prevent erosion, longshore drift etc.; a breakwater. · buna

бунгало

A thatched or tiled one-story house in India surrounded by a wide veranda; a similar house in this style. · bungalo

бунище

A place where waste or garbage is left; a ground or place for dumping ashes, refuse, etc.; a disposal site. · bunishte

бункер

A box, frame, crib, or enclosed place, used as a storage container. · bunker

бунт

An uprising or rebellion; an insurrection. · bunt

бунта́р

One of several people who take up arms against the local state authority; a participant in insurgency. · buntar

бунтовен

Rebellious, opposing authority. · buntoven

бунто́вник

One of several people who take up arms against the local state authority; a participant in insurgency. · buntovnik

бунтовнически

Rebellious, opposing authority. · buntovnicheski

бунтувам

(intransitive) To resist or become defiant toward an authority. · buntuvam

бунтувам се

(intransitive) To commit a mutiny. · buntuvam se

бур

A Boer, white South African of Dutch or Huguenot descent. · bur

бу́ргер

(informal) A hamburger. · burger

бургия

A carpenter's tool for boring holes longer than those bored by a gimlet. · burgiya

бургмайстер

The mayor, or head magistrate, of a town in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and certain other countries. · burgmayster

Бургу́ндия

A historical region and former administrative region of France; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. · Burgundiya

бу́ре

(countable) A round (cylindrical) vessel, such as a cask, of greater length than breadth, and bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat ends (heads). The word is sometimes applied to a similar cylindrical container made of metal, usually called a drum. · bure

бурен

Characterized by violence and agitation; wild; stormy. · buren

буреносен

Very loud; that sounds like thunder; thundersome. Also in metaphorical expressions, signifying fury. · burenosen

буренце

Such a cask of a certain size, holding one-eighth of what a tun#Noun holds. (See a diagram comparing cask sizes.) · burentse

буренясал

Abounding with weeds. · burenyasal

буржоа́

(history) An individual member of the bourgeoisie, the third estate of the French Ancien Regime. · burzhoa

буржоа́зен

(Marxism) Of or relating to the capitalist class, (usually, _, pejorative) the capitalist exploitation of the proletariat. · burzhoazen

буржоа́зия

(political, collectively, usually, in the plural) The middle class. · burzhoaziya

буркан

A small, approximately cylindrical container, normally made of clay or glass, for holding fruit, preserves, etc., or for ornamental purposes. · burkan

бурунду́к

Any of the subtribe Tamiina of small, striped rodents; they are found in North America, with the exception of the Siberian chipmunk which is found primarily in Asia. · burunduk

буря

(meteorology) A very strong wind, more than a breeze, less than a storm; number 7 through to 9 winds on the 12-step Beaufort scale. · burya

бут

(usually, in the plural) Each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body between the base of the back, the perineum, and the top of the legs. · but

буталка

A vessel used for churning, especially for producing butter. · butalka

бутало

(mechanics) A solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder, and moves under pressure (as in an engine) or displaces fluid (as in a pump) · butalo

бутам

(ambitransitive) To bump into or brush against while in motion; to push aside. · butam

бутам с лакът

(transitive) To push against gently, especially in order to gain attention or give a signal. · butam s lakat

Бута́н

A country in South Asia, in the Himalayas. Official name: Kingdom of Bhutan. Capital: Thimphu. · Butan

бутане

The act of jostling someone or something; push, shove. · butane

бутафо́рия

A deliberately nonfunctional device or tool used in place of a functional one. · butaforiya

бути́к

A small shop, especially one that sells fashionable clothes, jewelry and the like. · butik

бутилирам

(transitive) To seal (a liquid) into a bottle for later consumption. Also fig. · butiliram

бути́лка

The contents of such a container. · butilka

бутче

The second joint of the legbone of a chicken or other fowl, especially as an item of food. [from 17th c.] · butche

бу́фер

(telecommunications) A routine or storage medium used to compensate for a difference in rate of flow of data, or time of occurrence of events, when transferring data from one device to another. · bufer

буха́лка

Any flying mammal of the order Chiroptera, usually small and nocturnal, insectivorous or frugivorous. · buhalka

бухам

To hit or strike violently and repeatedly. · buham

бухта

(geography) An area of sea lying between two promontories, larger than a bay, wider than a gulf. · buhta

буца

A lump of something, especially earth or clay. · butsa