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вълнуващ
Appealing to or arousing emotion. · valnuvasht
вълча яма
(literal) A type of trap consisting of a concealed pit in the ground, which the victim is supposed to fall into and not be able to get out from. · valcha yama
вълча́нка
(pathology) Any of a number of autoimmune diseases, the most common of which is systemic lupus erythematosus. · valchanka
вълче лико
Any one of least 50 species of shrub in the genus Daphne of the family Thymelaeaceae, some of which are grown as ornamentals. · valche liko
въ́лчи
Wolfish (all senses); wolflike. · valchi
вълше́бен
Of, relating to, or by means of magic. · valsheben
вълшебник
One who conjures; one who calls, entreats, or charges in a solemn manner. · valshebnik
вълше́бница
A person (now usually particularly a woman) who uses magical or similar supernatural powers to influence or predict events. · valshebnitsa
вълшебство́
The application of rituals or actions, especially those based on occult knowledge, to subdue or manipulate natural or supernatural beings and forces in order to have some benefit from them. [from 14th c.] · valshebstvo
въ́ншен
Relating to the outside parts or surface of something. · vanshen
външен блясък
(figuratively) A superficially or deceptively attractive appearance. · vanshen blyasak
въ́ншен вид
(legal) An instance of someone coming into a court of law to be part of a trial, lawsuit or other proceeding, either in person or represented by an attorney or such like; a court appearance · vanshen vid
външен клозет
(North America) An outbuilding, typically permanent, containing a toilet or seat over a cesspit. · vanshen klozet
външна мазилка
A plaster that is used to coat interior or exterior walls, or used for mouldings. · vanshna mazilka
въ́ншно
on the surface or the outside · vanshno
въ́ншност
(legal) An instance of someone coming into a court of law to be part of a trial, lawsuit or other proceeding, either in person or represented by an attorney or such like; a court appearance · vanshnost
въобра́жаем
Invented, as opposed to real. · vaobrazhaem
въображаем противник
(metaphorical) An imaginary enemy, but presented as real. · vaobrazhaem protivnik
въображение
An image or representation of anything formed in the mind. · vaobrazhenie
въобразявам
(transitive) To use one's imagination. · vaobrazyavam
въобразявам си
(transitive) To imagine or picture in the mind. · vaobrazyavam si
въодушевен
(usually followed by with or on) Elated or emboldened. · vaodusheven
въодушевление
An exhilarating psychological state of pride and optimism. · vaodushevlenie
въодушевявам
(transitive) To cheer and support (a team or individual); to barrack; to root for. · vaodushevyavam
въоръжавам се
(intransitive) To take up weapons; to arm oneself. · vaorazhavam se
въоръжа́ване
The process of building up military capacity. · vaorazhavane
въоръже́ни си́ли
The military forces of a nation, such as the army, navy, air force, marines, and sometimes, coastguard or border guard, which are tasked with the defence of the nation and its citizens, if necessary through use of deadly force. · vaorazheni sili
въоръже́ние
(usually used in the plural) A weapon. · vaorazhenie
въпи́ещ
Conspicuous, exceptional, outstanding; usually in a negative sense. · vapiesht
въплътен
(traditionally postpositive, now frequently prepositive) Embodied in flesh; given a bodily, especially a human, form; personified. · vaplaten
въплъщавам
(intransitive) To embody in flesh; to invest with a bodily, especially a human, form. · vaplashtavam
въплъщаване
The act of incarnating. · vaplashtavane
въплъще́ние
(countable) A physical entity typifying an abstract concept. · vaplashtenie
въпреки
Although; despite; even though. · vapreki
въпреки това
(conjunctive) In spite of what preceded; yet. · vapreki tova
въпреки че
Though, even though, in spite of or despite the fact that: introducing a clause that expresses a concession. · vapreki che
въпрос
A material object (vaguely designated). · vapros
въпроси́телен
(grammar) Asking or denoting a question. · vaprositelen
въпроси́телна
The act of interrogating or questioning; examination by questions; inquiry. · vaprositelna
въпро́сник
A form containing a list of questions; a means of gathering information for a survey. · vaprosnik
върба
The wood of these trees. · varba
върби́ка
Any herbaceous plant in the genus Verbena especially if used for medicinal purposes, primarily Verbena officinalis, common in Europe and formerly held to have medicinal properties. · varbika
върби́на
Any herbaceous plant in the genus Verbena especially if used for medicinal purposes, primarily Verbena officinalis, common in Europe and formerly held to have medicinal properties. · varbina
върбинка
Verbena, a genus of herbaceous plants of which several species are extensively cultivated for the great beauty of their flowers; vervain. · varbinka
вървеж
A manner of walking, running or dancing; the rate or style of how someone moves with their feet. [from 14th c.] · varvezh
върволица
A number of things happening in sequence (in space or in time). · varvolitsa
вървя́
(intransitive) To move through space (especially to or through a place). (May be used of tangible things such as people or cars, or intangible things such as moods or information.) · varvya
вървя бавно
(intransitive) To stroll or walk slowly and leisurely. · varvya bavno
вървя в тръс
(intransitive, of a horse) To move at a gait between a walk and a canter. · varvya v tras
вървя раван
(intransitive) Of a quadruped: to move along by using both legs on one side, and then the other. · varvya ravan
въргалям се
To live or exist in filth or in a sickening manner. · vargalyam se
въргаляне
An instance of wallowing. · vargalyane
вързо́п
(countable) A group of objects held together by wrapping or tying. · varzop
въ́ркам
To cause (someone or something) to collide with or hit another person or thing; or (two people or things) to collide with or hit each other. · varkam
въркола́к
(mythology) A person who is transformed or can transform into a wolf or a wolflike human, often said to do so during a full moon. · varkolak
въ́рна
(transitive) To give something back to its original holder or owner. · varna
върната стойност
(computing) A return value: the data passed back from a called procedure. · varnata stoynost
върната сума
The money or other item that is repaid. · varnata suma
въртележка
Anything that whirls or spins around, such as a toy top or a merry-go-round. · vartelezhka
върте́не
Rotation: the turning of an object around an axis, one complete turn of an object during rotation. · vartene
въртене около ос
The act of sluing or the place to which something has slued. · vartene okolo os
въртоглав
(colloquial) Crazy. · vartoglav
въртоглавие
A disease caused by a coenurus infestation in the brain of an animal, especially a sheep or canid; coenurosis. · vartoglavie
въртолет
(slang) A helicopter. · vartolet
въртя
(transitive) To spin, turn, or revolve something. · vartya
въртя бързо
(transitive) To rotate rapidly. · vartya barzo
въртя из ръцете си
(transitive) To wiggle, fidget or play with; to move around. · vartya iz ratsete si
въртя опашка
(intransitive, of a dog) To show devotion or submissiveness by wagging its tail, nuzzling, licking, etc. · vartya opashka
въртя се
(intransitive) To wiggle or twitch; to move the body, especially the fingers, around nervously or idly. · vartya se
въртя се бързо
(intransitive) To rotate, revolve, spin or turn rapidly. · vartya se barzo
въртя се около ос
(intransitive) To rotate on an axis; to pivot. · vartya se okolo os
въртя се свободно
To move in order to rotate the penis in a circle (similar to the rotation of a windmill). · vartya se svobodno
въртящ момент
(physics, mechanics) A rotational or twisting effect of a force; a moment of force, defined for measurement purposes as an equivalent straight line force multiplied by the distance from the axis of rotation (SI unit newton-metre or N·m; imperial unit pound-foot or lb·ft, not to be confused with the foot pound-force, commonly "foot-pound", a unit of work or energy) · vartyasht moment
въртящ се
moving around a central point. · vartyasht se
въртяща се бариера
A rotating mechanical device that controls and counts passage between public areas, especially one that only allows passage after a charge has been paid. · vartyashta se bariera
върха на пръстите на краката
(usually, in the plural) The tip of the toe. · varha na prastite na krakata
върхо́вен
Of special, superior, or unusual size or excellence. · varhoven
върху
Arriving upon or on top of (speaking of a physical or metaphorical movement). · varhu
върху лед
With ice added. · varhu led
върхът
(dated, slang) A fine or remarkable thing or person. · varhat
въ́рша
(obsolete, transitive) To do (something); to perform. · varsha
върша дребни кражби
(ambitransitive) To steal in small quantities, or articles of small value; to practise petty theft. · varsha drebni krazhbi
вършея
(transitive, agriculture) To separate the grain from the straw or husks (chaff) by mechanical beating, with a flail or machinery, or by driving animals over them. · varsheya
вършея ръчно
(transitive) To thresh. · varsheya rachno
въста́вам
(intransitive) To resist or become defiant toward an authority. · vastavam
въста́на
(intransitive) To resist or become defiant toward an authority. · vastana
въста́ние
(uncountable) The action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; (countable) an instance of this; a revolt, an uprising; specifically, one that is at an initial stage or limited in nature. · vastanie
въста́ник
One of several people who take up arms against the local state authority; a participant in insurgency. · vastanik
вътел
(weaving) The movable bar of a loom, which strikes home or closes the threads of a woof. · vatel
вътре
Inside, into, or within a building. · vatre
вътрешен
Within the land; relatively remote from the ocean or from open water; interior. · vatreshen
вътрешен двор
An inner courtyard typical of traditional houses in some regions of Spain. · vatreshen dvor
вътрешен диаметър
A hole drilled or milled through something, or (by extension) its diameter. · vatreshen diametar
вътрешност
The interior part of a country. · vatreshnost
въ́трешности
(in the plural) The entrails or intestines; the internal organs of the stomach. · vatreshnosti
въ́тък
(weaving) The horizontal threads that are interlaced through the warp in a woven fabric. · vatak
вътъл
(weaving) The movable bar of a loom, which strikes home or closes the threads of a woof. · vatal
въ́шка
A small parasitic wingless insect of the order Psocodea. · vashka
въшлив
(archaic, also, figuratively) Full of nits. · vashliv
въшльо
(often, humorous) A mischievous child. [from 17th c.] · vashlyo
въшлясал
Infested with lice. · vashlyasal
вял
Dull; lifeless; lacking originality and vitality. · vyal
вяло
Slackly. · vyalo
вялост
(figuratively) In a person, unwillingness to take action. · vyalost
Вя́ра
A en given name. · Vyara
вя́рвам
(transitive) To accept that someone is telling the truth. · vyarvam
вя́рващ
A person who believes; especially regarding religion. · vyarvasht
вярно
In a correct manner. · vyarno
вярност
Loyalty to some cause, nation or ruler. · vyarnost
вя́тър
(transitive) To blow air through a wind instrument or horn to make a sound. · vyatar
вятърна мелница
The building or structure containing such machinery. · vyatarna melnitsa
вятърничав
Given to unplanned and silly ideas or actions. · vyatarnichav
вятърничавост
(countable) A lighthearted or frivolous act. · vyatarnichavost
габaрдин
(uncountable, countable) A type of woolen cloth with a diagonal ribbed texture on one side. · gabardin
габардин
A strong, durable cotton fabric with a strong bias (diagonal) in the weave. · gabardin
Гага́рин
A transliteration of the Russian surname Гага́рин (Gagárin). · Gagarin
гад
(countable) A contemptible person. · gad
гадаене
The apparent art of discovering secrets or the future by preternatural means. · gadaene
гадание
A divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals. · gadanie
гадател
A diviner who foretells events by the behaviour of birds or other animals, or by signs derived from celestial phenomena, or unusual occurrences. · gadatel
гада́я
(ambitransitive) To indicate by signs, as future events; to be an omen of; to portend or foretell. · gadaya
гаден
Causing sickness or disgust. · gaden
гадене
A feeling of illness or discomfort in the digestive system, usually characterized by a strong urge to vomit. · gadene
га́дже
(UK, Ireland, colloquial, by extension) A girlfriend. [from early 20th c.] · gadzhe
гадина
(countable) A contemptible person. · gadina
гадняр
(countable) A contemptible person. · gadnyar
гадост
(uncountable) Dirt, filth or refuse. · gadost
гадя
(intransitive) To heave or retch as if to vomit. · gadya
га́ечен ключ
(Commonwealth, UK, Irish) A hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts. · gaechen klyuch
газ
(uncountable) A flammable gaseous hydrocarbon or hydrocarbon mixture used as a fuel, e.g. for cooking, heating, electricity generation or as a fuel in internal combustion engines in vehicles, especially natural gas. · gaz
Га́за
A city in the Gaza Strip, Palestine in the Levant; in full, Gaza City. · Gaza
газела
An antelope of either of the genera Gazella (mostly native to Africa), Procapra (native to Asia), Eudorcas, or Nanger, capable of running at high speeds for long periods. · gazela
газене
(nautical) The depth of water needed to float a particular ship; the depth from the waterline to the bottom of a vessel's hull; the depth of water drawn by a vessel. · gazene
газирам
(transitive) To supply with oxygen or air. · gaziram
газиран
Containing carbon dioxide gas under pressure, especially pertaining to beverages, as natural mineral water or man-made drinks. · gaziran
газирана вода
(uncountable) Carbonated water (water impregnated with pressurised carbon dioxide, originally made with sodium bicarbonate). · gazirana voda
газирано питие
(uncountable) Carbonated water (water impregnated with pressurised carbon dioxide, originally made with sodium bicarbonate). · gazirano pitie
газифицирам
To convert into gas, or an aeriform fluid, as by the application of heat, or by chemical processes. · gazifitsiram
га́зов
Relating to, or existing as gas (matter in an intermediate state between liquid and plasma). · gazov
газов балон
A bag or bladder to hold a reservoir of gas, as in a hot-air balloon. · gazov balon
га́зове
(uncountable) A flammable gaseous hydrocarbon or hydrocarbon mixture used as a fuel, e.g. for cooking, heating, electricity generation or as a fuel in internal combustion engines in vehicles, especially natural gas. · gazove
газоли́н
(uncountable, North America) A flammable liquid consisting of a mixture of refined petroleum hydrocarbons, mainly used as a motor fuel; petrol. · gazolin
газообра́зен
Relating to, or existing as gas (matter in an intermediate state between liquid and plasma). · gazoobrazen
газоохлади́тел
(process engineering) A device designed to condense a gas into a liquid, either as part of a still, steam engine, refrigerator or similar machine. · gazoohladitel
газя
(intransitive, British) To walk or dabble playfully in shallow water, especially at the seaside. · gazya
га́йда
A musical wind instrument possessing a flexible bag inflated by bellows, a double-reed melody pipe and up to four drone pipes; any aerophone that produces sound using air from a reservoir to vibrate enclosed reeds. · gayda
гайдар
One who plays the bagpipes. · gaydar
гала́ктика
(galaxy) Any of the collections of many millions or billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc. existing as independent and coherent systems, of which there are billions in the known universe. [from 19th c.] · galaktika
галактичен
(astronomy, specifically, sometimes capitalized) Relating to the Milky Way galaxy. · galaktichen
галантен
(of a man) Honourable, especially to women; gallant. · galanten

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