Bulgarian–English dictionary

гала́нтност

Courteous behaviour, especially that of men towards women. · galantnost

галванизация

A thin coating of metal laid upon another metal. · galvanizatsiya

галванизирам

(broadly, dated) To coat with a layer of metal by electrochemical means. · galvaniziram

Гален

An ancient Greek physician. · Galen

галене

An act of moving one's hand or an object along a surface in one direction, touching it lightly; a caress. · galene

галеник

A pet or person who is fondled; someone who is much loved. · galenik

галера

(nautical, historical) A long, slender ship propelled primarily by oars, whether having masts and sails or not; usually a rowed warship used in the Mediterranean from the 16th century until the modern era. · galera

гале́рия

An institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of important objects, especially works of art. · galeriya

Галиле́о

Galileo Galilei (1564–1642), an Italian thinker and key figure in the scientific revolution who improved the telescope, made astronomical observations, and put forward the basic principle of relativity in physics. · Galileo

Галиле́я

A mountainous geographic region in northern Israel. · Galileya

Галина

A transliteration of the Bulgarian or Russian female given name Гали́на (Galína). · Galina

Галисия

A former kingdom and autonomous community in northwestern Spain. · Galisiya

Гали́ция

former kingdom and geographical area in Central Europe, now divided between Poland and Ukraine. · Galitsiya

Га́лия

(chiefly, historic) A historical region of Western Europe referring to areas occupied by Celts during Roman times, roughly corresponding to modern France, Luxembourg, Belgium, most of Switzerland, and parts of Northern Italy (Lombardy), the Netherlands, and Germany west of the Rhine. · Galiya

галоп

The fastest gait of a horse, a two-beat stride during which all four legs are off the ground simultaneously. · galop

галопирам

(intransitive) To ride at a galloping pace. · galopiram

гало́ш

(British) A waterproof overshoe used to provide protection from rain or snow. · galosh

гало́ши

(North America, in the plural) Water-resistant shoe covers, galoshes, overshoes. · galoshi

галс

(nautical) A stretch of a watercourse which can be sailed in one reach (in the previous sense). An extended portion of water; a stretch; a straightish portion of a stream, river, or arm of the sea extending up into the land, as from one turn to another. By extension, the adjacent land. · gals

галя

(intransitive) Of a person: to caress, fondle, or pet another person; of two people: to caress, fondle, or pet each other; also, to have sexual intercourse; to make love. · galya

галя се

(transitive, intransitive, informal) To stroke or fondle (another person) amorously. · galya se

га́ма

The third letter of the Greek alphabet (Γ, γ), preceded by beta (Β, β) and followed by delta, (Δ, δ). · gama

Га́на

A country in West Africa. Official name: Republic of Ghana. · Gana

Ганг

A river in India and Bangladesh, sacred within Hinduism. · Gang

Гангнам

A district (Korean: 구) of Seoul, South Korea known for being a demographically young, affluent part of the city. · Gangnam

гангре́на

The necrosis and rotting of flesh, usually caused by lack of blood supply. · gangrena

гангренясвам

To become gangrenous. · gangrenyasvam

га́нгстер

A member of a criminal or street gang. · gangster

Га́нди

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, commonly known as Mahatma Gandhi, political and spiritual leader of India and the Indian independence movement, and proponent of nonviolence. · Gandi

Гане́ша

(Hinduism) A Hindu god of intellect, wisdom, gates, and beginnings, son of Parvati and Shiva. · Ganesha

га́ра

(US) A bus station or railway station. · gara

гара́ж

A building (or section of a building) used to store a car or cars, tools and other miscellaneous items. · garazh

гара́нт

(colloquial) A person who gives such a guarantee; a guarantor. · garant

гарантирам

To give an assurance that something will be done right. · garantiram

гарантиран

Free from the risk of financial loss; reliable. · garantiran

гаранция

(countable, uncountable) Security, usually a sum of money, exchanged for the release of an arrested person as a guarantee of that person's appearance for trial. · garantsiya

гара́фа

A bottle, usually glass and with a flared lip, used for serving water, wine, or other beverages. · garafa

га́рван

(countable) Any of several, generally large and lustrous black species of birds in the genus Corvus, especially the common raven (Corvus corax). · garvan

гарванов

Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of crows or ravens. · garvanov

гаргара

(countable) The sound or act of gargling. · gargara

гард

(military, often, _, in the plural) An elite military unit in Russia, the former Soviet Union and several post-Soviet countries. · gard

гардения

Any of various tropical evergreen small trees or shrubs, of the genus Gardenia, having glossy leaves and white flowers. · gardeniya

гардероб

(US) A room where outdoor clothing or luggage may be temporarily stored. · garderob

гардеробна

(obsolete) A covering of linen, silk, or tapestry, spread over a dressing table in a chamber or dressing room. [17th–19th c.] · garderobna

гарирам

To store in a garage. · gariram

гарнирам

To decorate with ornaments; to adorn; to embellish. · garniram

гарнитура

(cookery) Something set round or upon a dish as an embellishment. · garnitura

гарсоние́ра

(Canada) A very small bachelor (single room) apartment. · garsoniera

Га́рфилд

An English surname, thought to be habitational. · Garfild

гасна

(intransitive) For light to dim or diminish in strength. · gasna

гастролирам

(transitive) To make a circuit of a place · gastroliram

гастрономия

The study of the relationship between food and culture. · gastronomiya

гася

(transitive) To put out; to extinguish. · gasya

гатанка

A difficult question or riddle, especially one using a play on words in the answer. · gatanka

га́убица

A cannon that combines certain characteristics of field guns and mortars, delivering projectiles with medium velocities, usually with relatively high trajectories; normally a cannon with a tube length of 20 to 30 calibers. · gaubitsa

гаф

(dated, _, slang, especially, baseball) A blunder; a silly mistake. [from early 20th c.] · gaf

гаще́та

Pants or trousers worn for sports or in warmer weather that do not go lower than the knees. · gashteta

га́щи

(chiefly, North America, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Philippines) An outer garment that covers the body from the waist downwards, covering each leg separately, usually as far as the ankles; trousers. [from 19th c.] · gashti

гащички

Underpants for women and girls. · gashtichki

Гая

(Greek goddess) A Greek goddess, the personification of the earth, and one of the primordial deities from whom all the others descend. · Gaya

Гватема́ла

A country in Central America. Official name: Republic of Guatemala, a Central American country. · Gvatemala

гватема́лец

A person from Guatemala or of Guatemalan descent. · gvatemalets

гватема́лка

A person from Guatemala or of Guatemalan descent. · gvatemalka

гватема́лски

Of, from, or pertaining to Guatemala or the Guatemalan people. · gvatemalski

гвенон

A member of the genus Cercopithecus of Old World monkeys, of sub-Saharan Africa, principally forests. · gvenon

Гвине́я

(historical) The coastal region of West Africa between Morocco and the Congo, particularly the north shore of the Gulf of Guinea. · Gvineya

гво́здей

A spike-shaped metal fastener used for joining wood or similar materials. The nail is generally driven through two or more layers of material by means of impacts from a hammer or other device. It is then held in place by friction. · gvozdey

ге

The name of the Latin-script letter G/g. · ge

гевгир

A bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food that has been cooking in water, such as pasta. · gevgir

геврек

A toroidal bread roll that is boiled before it is baked. · gevrek

гега

A specialized staff with a semi-circular bend (a "hook") at one end used by shepherds to control their herds. · gega

гее́на

In rabbinical literature and Christian and Islamic scripture, the place where the souls of the wicked go after death, where they suffer eternal damnation or annihilation. · geena

гей

(now, _, chiefly, in plural) A homosexual, especially a male homosexual. · gey

гейзер

(planetology, geology, volcanology) A boiling natural spring which throws forth jets of water, mud, etc., at frequent intervals, driven upwards by the expansive power of steam. · geyzer

гейм

(volleyball) The act of directing the ball to a teammate for an attack. · geym

гейт

Combined with a relevant place, person, activity, etc. to form the names of scandals. · geyt

ге́йша

A Japanese female entertainer skilled in various arts such as tea ceremony, dancing, singing and calligraphy. · geysha

гекон

Any lizard of the family Gekkonidae of small, carnivorous, mostly nocturnal animals with large eyes and adhesive toes enabling them to climb on vertical and upside-down surfaces. · gekon

гемия

A small sailing vessel, commonly rigged as a sloop, used chiefly in the coasting and fishing trade and often called a fishing smack · gemiya

ген

(genetics) A theoretical unit of heredity of living organisms which may take several values and (in principle) predetermines a precise trait of an organism's form (phenotype), such as hair color. · gen

генеалогия

(countable) The descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or ancestors; lineage or pedigree. · genealogiya

генен

Caused by genes. · genen

генера́л

(military ranks) The holder of a senior military title, originally designating the commander of an army and now a specific rank falling under field marshal (in the British army) and below general of the army or general of the air force in the US army and air forces. [from 16th c.] · general

генера́лен

(sometimes, _, postpositive) Applied to a person (as a postmodifier or a normal preceding adjective) to indicate supreme rank, in civil or military titles, and later in other terms; pre-eminent. [from 14th c.] · generalen

генерали́симус

(military) A supreme commander of the armed forces of a country, especially one who is also a political leader. · generalisimus

генера́тор

Especially, a machine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy. · generator

генерирам

(transitive) To produce as a result of a chemical or physical process. · generiram

гене́тика

(biology) The branch of biology that deals with the transmission and variation of inherited characteristics, in particular chromosomes and DNA. · genetika

генетичен

(genetics) Relating to genetics or genes. [from 1908] · genetichen

гениален

Marked by genius. · genialen

гениалност

(uncountable) Extraordinary mental capacity. · genialnost

ге́ний

(countable) Someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill; especially somebody who has demonstrated this by a creative or original work in science, music, art, etc. · geniy

генитален

Of or relating to the genitalia. · genitalen

генита́лии

(by extension) Any sex organs, whether external or internal; body parts responsible for sexual reproduction or sexual stimulation. · genitalii

геноци́д

The systematic and deliberate destruction of a group of people, typically by killing substantial numbers of them, on the basis of their ethnicity, religion, or nationality. · genotsid

Гент

The capital city of the province of East Flanders, Belgium. · Gent

гео-

Earth · geo-

геогра́фия

The study of the physical properties of the earth, including how humans affect and are affected by them. · geografiya

географска дължина

(geography) Angular distance measured west or east of the prime meridian. · geografska dalzhina

географска ширина

(geography, astronomy, countable) The angular distance north or south from a planet's equator, measured along the meridian of that particular point. · geografska shirina

географски

Pertaining to geography (or to geographics). · geografski

географски справочник

(geography) A dictionary or index of geographical locations. · geografski spravochnik

геоло́г

A person whose occupation specializes in the science of geology, especially at a professional or academic level. · geolog

геоло́гия

The science that studies the structure of the earth (or other planets), together with its origin and development, especially by examination of its rocks. · geologiya

геоло́жка

A person whose occupation specializes in the science of geology, especially at a professional or academic level. · geolozhka

геометрично тяло

(geometry) A three-dimensional figure (as opposed to a surface, an area, or a curve). · geometrichno tyalo

геоме́трия

(mathematics, uncountable) The branch of mathematics dealing with spatial relationships. · geometriya

Гео́рги

A en given name; also used in the conjoined name George Ann(e). · Georgi

Георгиев

An English and Scottish surname originating as a patronymic. · Georgiev

Георгия

A en given name. · Georgiya

гепа́рд

(cat) A distinctive member (Acinonyx jubatus) of the cat family, slightly smaller than the leopard, but with proportionately longer limbs and a smaller head; native to Africa and southeast Asia (where it is nearly extinct) and also credited with being the fastest terrestrial animal. · gepard

герб

(heraldry) A bearing worn, not upon the shield, but usually on a helmet above it, sometimes (as for clerics) separately above the shield or separately as a mark for plate, in letterheads, and the like. · gerb

Гергана

A en given name. · Gergana

гергина

Any plant of the genus Dahlia, tuberous perennial flowering plants native to Mexico. · gergina

герда́н

(jewelry) An article of jewelry that is worn around the neck, most often made of a string of precious metal, pearls, gems, beads or shells, and sometimes having a pendant attached. · gerdan

гери́ла

(now, _, rare) A non-official war carried out by small independent groups; a guerrilla war. · gerila

гери́ля

(now, _, rare) A non-official war carried out by small independent groups; a guerrilla war. · gerilya

герма́нец

(countable) A native or inhabitant of Germany; a person of German citizenship or nationality. · germanets

герма́ний

A nonmetallic chemical element (symbol Ge) with an atomic number of 32: a lustrous, hard-brittle, grayish-white metalloid in the carbon group. · germaniy

Герма́ния

A country in Central Europe, formed in 1949 as West Germany, with its provisional capital Bonn until 1990, when it incorporated East Germany. Official name: Federal Republic of Germany. Capital and largest city: Berlin. · Germaniya

герма́нка

(countable) A native or inhabitant of Germany; a person of German citizenship or nationality. · germanka

герма́нски

Of or relating to the natives or inhabitants of Germany; to people of German descent; to their cultures. · germanski

герои́зъм

The qualities characteristic of a hero, such as courage, bravery, fortitude, selflessness, etc.; the display of such qualities. · geroizam

герои́ня

(informal, intransitive) To act as a hero (brave person; role model; or protagonist). · geroinya

герои́чен

Of or relating to a hero or heroine; supremely noble. · geroichen

геро́й

(countable) A being involved in the action of a story; a persona. · geroy

геро́йски

Of or relating to a hero or heroine; supremely noble. · geroyski

геро́йство

The qualities characteristic of a hero, such as courage, bravery, fortitude, selflessness, etc.; the display of such qualities. · geroystvo

Ге́рхард

A en given name. · Gerhard

геста́по

(historical, Nazism) The secret police of Nazi Germany. · gestapo

гети

(often, in the plural) A covering or decorative covering worn over a shoe. · geti

гето

An (often walled) area of a city in which Jews are concentrated by force and law. (Used particularly of areas in medieval Italy and in Nazi-controlled Europe.) · geto

гибел

Death. · gibel

гибелен

(archaic) Poisonous, deadly. · gibelen

гибелли

(historical, politics) In the politics of medieval Italian city states, any member of a faction that supported the Pope in a long struggle against the Ghibellines and the Holy Roman Emperor. · gibelli

гибон

A small ape of the family Hylobatidae with long limbs, which they use to travel through rainforests by swinging from branch to branch. · gibon

Гибралта́р

A peninsula, city, and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, at the southern end of Iberia. · Gibraltar

ги́габайт

(computing, formal) One billion (109, or 1,000,000,000) bytes or 1,000 megabytes. · gigabayt

гига́нт

(by extension) Any creature or thing of gigantic size. · gigant

гига́нтски

Very large. · gigantski

ГИД

(countable, business) Initialism of chief executive officer. · GID

гидия

Recklessly bold; adventurous. [from 1832] · gidiya

гик

(sailing) A spar extending the foot of a sail; a spar rigged outboard from a ship's side to which boats are secured in harbour. · gik

Ги́лард

A surname transferred from the given name. · Gilard

Гилгамеш

A semi-legendary king of Uruk, who is the hero of the Babylonian poem Epic of Gilgamesh. · Gilgamesh

гилдия

A group or association mainly of tradespeople made up of merchants, craftspeople, or artisans, particularly in the Middle Ages, established to oversee and protect their specific commercial interests and to provide mutual aid. · gildiya

гилза

Spent cartridge casings (usually made of brass): the part of the cartridge left over after bullets or shells have been fired. · gilza

гилоти́на

(historical, also, figuratively) A machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation, consisting of a tall upright frame from which is suspended a heavy diagonal-edged blade which is dropped onto the neck of the person to be executed; also, execution using this machine. · gilotina

гимна́зия

A type of secondary school in some European countries which typically prepares students for university. · gimnaziya

гимна́стика

A sport involving the performance of sequences of movements requiring physical strength, flexibility, and kinesthetic awareness. · gimnastika