Bulgarian–English dictionary

стагфлация

(economics) Prolonged high inflation accompanied by stagnant growth, often with recession and high unemployment. [from 1965] · stagflatsiya

ста́дий

(historical) A Greek unit of distance based on standardized footraces, equivalent to about 185.4 metres. · stadiy

стадио́н

A venue where sporting events are held. · stadion

стадо

A cattle drive or the herd being driven by it; thus, a number of cattle driven to market or new pastures. · stado

стаж

A period of time when a person occupies a position only conditionally and may be removed if certain conditions are not met. · stazh

стажа́нт

Someone who is still in the process of being formally trained in a workplace. · stazhant

стажа́нтка

Someone who is still in the process of being formally trained in a workplace. · stazhantka

стазис

(pathology) A slackening or arrest of the blood current, due not to a lessening of the heart’s beat, but to some abnormal resistance of the capillary walls. · stazis

стака́н

A flat-bottomed, straight-sided, glass vessel, with a lip and often a small spout, used as a laboratory container. · stakan

Ста́лин

A surname from Russian; usually referring to the Georgian revolutionary and General Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU Joseph Stalin. · Stalin

сталини́зъм

The Communist philosophies espoused by Soviet leader Joseph Stalin. · stalinizam

стампедо

A wild, headlong running away or scamper of a number of animals, usually caused by fright. · stampedo

стан

A human figure, which dress or corset must fit to; the shape of a human body. · stan

ста́на

To rise from one's bed, usually upon waking up in order to begin one's day. · stana

станда́рт

A level of quality or attainment. · standart

стандартен

Ordinary, commonplace. · standarten

стандартиза́ция

The process of complying (or evaluate by comparing) with a standard. · standartizatsiya

стандартизирам

To make to conform to a standard. · standartiziram

станио́л

A very thin sheet of metal. · staniol

стано́вище

(figurative) Disposition or state of mind. · stanovishte

стано́к

A sturdy bench or table at which manual work is done by a carpenter, machinist, etc. · stanok

станция

(obsolete) One who has charge of a station, especially a postal station. · stantsiya

стапел

A framework of timbers, or iron bars, moving upon ways or rollers, used to support, lift, or carry ships or other vessels, heavy guns, etc., as up an inclined plane, or across a strip of land, or in launching a ship. · stapel

стапям

(transitive) To melt together; to blend; to mix indistinguishably. · stapyam

стапяне

The process of being, or state of having been, made liquid (from either a solid or a gas). · stapyane

стар

Having lasted from a remote period; having been of long duration; of great age, very old. · star

стара котка

A cat, especially an elderly female. · stara kotka

ста́ра мо́ма

(sometimes, derogatory) A woman who has never been married, especially one past the typical marrying age according to social traditions. · stara moma

стара́ние

The qualities of a hard worker, including conscientiousness, determination, and perseverance. · staranie

старателен

Hard-working, diligent or regular (in attendance or work); industrious. · staratelen

старая се

(intransitive) To attempt through application of effort (to do something); to try strenuously. [from 16th c.] · staraya se

Ста́рбъкс

A widespread chain of coffee shops. · Starbaks

старе́ене

The process of becoming older or more mature. · stareene

старец

(countable, archaic) An elderly, senile person. · starets

старинен

Existent or occurring in time long past, usually in remote ages; belonging to or associated with antiquity; old, as opposed to modern. · starinen

старица

(obsolete) An old man, especially one who talks and acts like an old woman. · staritsa

старомоден

(figuratively) Of or displaying the (supposed) ideals or standards of morality of that period; conservative; also, old-fashioned, out-of-date. · staromoden

старору́ски

(historical) A Slavic language used from the 10th to the 14th centuries by East Slavs in the state of Kievan Rus and its successors. The ancestor of Belarusian, Russian, Rusyn and Ukrainian. · staroruski

ста́рост

(uncountable) The state of being old; the latter part of life. · starost

старт

The starting point of a logical deduction or thought; basis. · start

стартирам

(ergative, of an object) To come loose, to break free of a firmly set position; to displace or loosen; to dislocate. · startiram

стартова решетка

(motor racing) The pattern of starting positions of the drivers for a race. · startova reshetka

старче

(colloquial) An old person, usually a man. · starche

старчески

Of, or relating to old age. · starcheski

старша сестра

A woman in charge of the domestic arrangements of an establishment or institution, especially, the nursing officer or chief nurse of a hospital. · starsha sestra

старши

greatest in age or seniority. · starshi

статив

An upright frame, typically on three legs, for displaying or supporting something, such as an artist's canvas. · stativ

статист

An actor or dancer in the background lacking an aural presence. · statist

статисти́чески

Of or pertaining to statistics. · statisticheski

статичен

Immobile; fixed in place; having no motion. · statichen

ста́тия

A piece of nonfiction writing such as a story, report, opinion piece, or entry in a newspaper, magazine, journal, encyclopedia, etc. · statiya

статуе́тка

A small statue, usually a figure much less than life size, especially when of marble or bronze, or of plaster or clay as a preparation for the marble or bronze, as distinguished from a figure in terra cotta etc. · statuetka

стату́кво

The state of things; the way things are, as opposed to the way they could be; the existing state of affairs. · statukvo

статус

(figurative) Position or reputation in society or a profession. · status

ста́туя

(countable) A three-dimensional work of art created by shaping malleable objects and letting them harden or by chipping away pieces from a rock (sculpting). · statuya

стафида

A small dried grape, usually the Black Corinth grape, rarely more than 4 mm in diameter when dried. · stafida

стациона́рен

Incapable of being moved. · statsionaren

стациона́рен телефо́н

(by extension) A telephone connected by such a fixed wire that allows multiple phones to operate simultaneously on the same phone number, specifically not wireless/mobile. · statsionaren telefon

стационерен

incapable of being physically moved; fixed · statsioneren

ста́чка

A work stoppage (or otherwise concerted stoppage of an activity) as a form of protest. · stachka

стачкоизменник

A strikebreaker. · stachkoizmennik

стачкоизме́нничка

A non-unionized worker hired to replace a striking union worker. · stachkoizmennichka

стачкувам

(transitive) To give, as a blow; to impel, as with a blow; to give a force to; to dash; to cast. · stachkuvam

стачник

A person who is on strike, someone who has stopped working as a protest. · stachnik

ста́я

A room or set of rooms, particularly: · staya

стая за игра

A room, allocated as a children's play area, in which noisy or boisterous activities are tolerated. · staya za igra

ста́я за моли́тва

A private chapel or prayer room. [from 14th c.] · staya za molitva

стая под наем

(in the plural) Furnished rooms in a house rented as accommodation. · staya pod naem

ство

Appended to a noun to form a new noun denoting a property or state of being, time spent in a role, or a specialised union. In particular, the way a set of social duties associated with a particular role shapes or develop's one's character. · stvo

ствол

The trunk or stem of a tree. · stvol

сте́гнат

Brief, yet including all important information. · stegnat

стегнато

Firmly, so as not to come loose easily. · stegnato

стегнатост

The property of being concise; succinctness. · stegnatost

Стейси

An English surname transferred from the given name derived from a medieval diminutive of Eustace. · Steysi

стек

A pack of cigarettes, usually ten, wrapped in cellophane or packed in a light cardboard box. · stek

стелаж

A series of one or more shelves, stacked one above the other · stelazh

стена́

(geometry) Any of the flat bounding surfaces of a polyhedron; more generally, any of the bounding pieces of a polytope of any dimension. · stena

стена́ние

A low, mournful cry of pain, sorrow or pleasure. · stenanie

стенен гардероб

(archaic) The private residence or private council chamber of a monarch. · stenen garderob

стенен шкаф

A storage closet either separate from, or built into, a wall. · stenen shkaf

стено́граф

Someone skilled in the writing of shorthand or the use of a stenotype machine, especially for the purpose of rapid transcription of speech. One employed in such a role: a professional transcriptionist who employs shorthand. · stenograf

стенографирам

(intransitive) To write in shorthand. · stenografiram

стеногра́фия

A rough and rapid method of writing by substituting symbols for letters, words, etc. · stenografiya

стенопис

A large painting, usually drawn on a wall. · stenopis

степ

The grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia. [from 1671] · step

степен

The amount that an entity possesses a certain property; relative intensity, extent. [from 14th c.] · stepen

степенен показател

(mathematics) A raised suffix indicating a power. · stepenen pokazatel

степенуване

(grammar) A feature in the morphology or syntax of some languages whereby adjectives and adverbs are inflected to indicate the relative degree of the property they define exhibited by the word or phrase they modify or describe. · stepenuvane

стереотип

A conventional, formulaic, and often oversimplified or exaggerated conception, opinion, or image of (a person or a group of people). · stereotip

стержен

A straight bar that unites moving parts of a machine, for holding parts together as a connecting rod or for transferring power as a driveshaft. · sterzhen

стерилен

Germless; free from all living or viable microorganisms. · sterilen

стерилизация

(uncountable) The process of treating something to kill or inactivate microorganisms. · sterilizatsiya

стерилизирам

(transitive, biology) To kill, deactivate (denature), or destroy (break apart) all living, viable microorganisms and spores on a surface, in a fluid, or contained in a compound, such as culture media or a medical product. · steriliziram

стерилитет

The state or quality of being sterile. · sterilitet

стеснение

A narrow part of something; a stricture. · stesnenie

стеснителен

Shy, meek, ashamed or embarrassed. · stesnitelen

стеснявам

(ambitransitive) To narrow, especially by application of pressure. · stesnyavam

стеснявам се

(intransitive) To get narrower. · stesnyavam se

стетоско́п

(medicine) A medical instrument used for listening to sounds produced within the body. · stetoskop

Сте́фан

(biblical character) The first Christian martyr. · Stefan

стече́ние на обстоя́телствата

A combination of events or circumstances; a conjunction; a union. · stechenie na obstoyatelstvata

стига

Stop! Don't do that any more! · stiga

стигам

(intransitive, copulative) To reach; to get to a certain place. · stigam

стик

(hockey) The potential accuracy of a hockey stick, implicating also the player using it. · stik

сти́кер

An adhesive label or decal. · stiker

Стикс

(Greek mythology) The river, in Hades, over which the souls of the dead are ferried by Charon. · Stiks

стил

Distinctive style or elegance. · stil

стилен

Having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress. · stilen

стилет

A small, slender knife or dagger-like weapon intended for stabbing. · stilet

сти́лус

(writing) An ancient writing implement consisting of a small rod with a pointed end for scratching letters on clay, wax-covered tablets or other surfaces, and a blunt end for obliterating them. · stilus

стимул

Anything that impels; a stimulating factor. · stimul

стимулант

(pharmaceutical drug) A substance that acts to increase physiological or nervous activity in the body. · stimulant

стимулирам

(transitive) To invigorate; to make energetic. · stimuliram

стимули́ране

Dissemination of information in order to increase its popularity. · stimulirane

стипендиа́нт

A student; one who studies at school or college, typically having a scholarship. · stipendiant

стипе́ндия

(UK) A financial award or prize given to a student (who becomes an exhibitioner) by a school or university, usually on the basis of academic merit. · stipendiya

стипца

(obsolete) A person who is wretched or despicable; a wretch. · stiptsa

стипчив

Tasting sour or bitter. · stipchiv

стипчивост

Sourness of taste, with bitterness and astringency, like that of unripe fruit. · stipchivost

стискам

(transitive) To hold or grip tightly. · stiskam

стискане

A tight grip. · stiskane

стиснат

Unwilling to spend money; stingy · stisnat

стиснатост

The state of being mean or stingy · stisnatost

стих

A verse (in poetry). · stih

стиха́р

A liturgical vestment of the Christian Church in the form of a tunic of white linen or cotton material, with wide or moderately wide sleeves, reaching to the hips or knees, usually featuring lace decoration and embroidered bordures. · stihar

стихвам

(intransitive) To become calm. · stihvam

стихиен

(by extension) Of, or relating to a force of nature, especially to severe atmospheric conditions. · stihien

стихи́я

One of the four basic building blocks of matter in theories of ancient philosophers and alchemists: water, earth, fire, and air. · stihiya

стихове

(now, rare, in the plural) Poetic metres; verses, rhymes. · stihove

стихотворе́ние

A literary piece written in verse. · stihotvorenie

стихотворна форма

A thought expressed in verse; a verse; a poem; a tale told in verse. · stihotvorna forma

стичам се

To meet in the same point; to combine or conjoin; to contribute or help towards a common object or effect. · sticham se

стичане

The running or flowing together of things; the meeting of things; a confluence. · stichane

сто

A numerical value equal to 100 (102), occurring after ninety-nine. · sto

стоварвам

(transitive) To unload goods from an aircraft or ship. · stovarvam

стогодишнина

The hundredth anniversary of an event or happening. · stogodishnina

стоически

Enduring pain and hardship without showing feeling or complaint. · stoicheski

сто́йка

The position of the body or way of carrying oneself. · stoyka

сто́йност

Amount of money, time, etc. that is required or used. · stoynost

стойност по подразбиране

(often, attributive) A value used when none has been given; a tentative value or standard that is presumed. · stoynost po podrazbirane

сто́ка

(business) Anything movable (a good) that is bought and sold. [from 15th c.] · stoka

стокообмен

The sum total traded in a process of individuals trading for certain commodities. · stokoobmen

стократен

Hundredfold. Multiplied by one hundred. · stokraten

Стокхо́лм

A municipality, the capital and largest city of Sweden; the county seat of Stockholm County, Sweden. · Stokholm

стол

An item of furniture used to sit on or in, comprising a seat, legs or wheels, back, and sometimes arm rests, for use by one person. · stol

столе́тие

A period of one hundred consecutive years; often specifically a numbered period with conventional start and end dates, e.g., the twentieth century, which stretches from (strictly) 1901 through 2000, or (informally) 1900 through 1999. The first century AD was from 1 to 100. · stoletie

столетник

Any plant in the large, variable genus Agave: succulent plants, commonly armed with formidable prickles; they flower at maturity after several years, and generally die thereafter; large species, such as the maguey or century plant, (Agave americana), produce gigantic inflorescences. Several are of economic importance as sources of fibre such as sisal, and alcoholic beverages such as tequila. · stoletnik

столо́ва

A small cafeteria or snack bar, especially one in a military establishment, school, or place of work. · stolova

стомана

(countable, uncountable) An artificial metal produced from iron, harder and more elastic than elemental iron; used figuratively as a symbol of hardness. · stomana

стоматолог

A medical doctor who specializes in teeth. · stomatolog