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зрител
Someone who observes or beholds; an observer or spectator. · zritel
зрителен
(relational) Of, or relating to the eye or to vision. · zritelen
зри́телка
One who observes, sees, or views something; an observer. · zritelka
зръ́нце
A small succulent fruit, of any one of many varieties. · zrantse
зрял
(also, figuratively, of fruit) Soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp. · zryal
зрялост
The state of being mature, ready or ripe; the prime state of productibility and self expression. · zryalost
зрящ
Having vision; not blind. · zryasht
зубрач
(slang, British) One who swots; a boffin, nerd, or smart aleck. · zubrach
зубрене
(slang, dated) Information hastily memorized. · zubrene
зубря
(intransitive, slang, UK, Irish, Commonwealth) To study with effort or determination. · zubrya
зу́бър
The wisent, species Bos bonasus, Europe's heaviest land animal. · zubar
зулуси
Time along the prime meridian; UTC; Zulu time. · zulusi
зулуски
The language of these people, a Bantu language; isiZulu. · zuluski
зу́мер
A device that makes a buzzing sound. · zumer
зъб
A spike or point on an implement or tool, especially a prong of a fork or a tooth of a comb. · zab
зъбар
A medical doctor who specializes in teeth. · zabar
зъбене
The act of snarling; a growl; a surly or peevish expression; an angry contention. · zabene
зъбер
In fortification: an indented parapet, formed by a series of rising members called cops or merlons, separated by openings called crenelles or embrasures, the soldier sheltering himself behind the merlon while he fires through the embrasure or through a loophole in the battlement. · zaber
зъбец
The point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc., to prevent it from being easily extracted. Hence: Anything which stands out with a sharp point obliquely or crosswise to something else. · zabets
зъбна предавка
(countable, automotive, cycling) A particular combination or choice of interlocking gears, such that a particular gear ratio is achieved; often selected via a shifter. · zabna predavka
зъбна съгласна
(phonetics) A dental sound. · zabna saglasna
зъбна трева
(botany) A plant of the genus Plumbago; leadwort. [from 17th c.] · zabna treva
зъбно колело
(mechanical engineering) A toothed wheel that enmeshes with a chain or other perforated band. · zabno kolelo
зъбобо́л
(medicine) A pain or ache in a tooth. · zabobol
зъболе́кар
A medical doctor who specializes in teeth. · zabolekar
зъболекарски
(dentistry, relational) Of or concerning dentistry. · zabolekarski
зъбя се
(intransitive) To growl angrily by gnashing or baring the teeth; to gnarl; to utter grumbling sounds. · zabya se
зъл
(Internet slang, sarcastic) Used without a copula to mock people who oppose something without having any real understanding of it. · zal
зъл дух
A ghost, goblin, or other hostile supernatural creature. · zal duh
зървам
To see or view (someone, or something tangible) briefly and incompletely. · zarvam
зъркел
(colloquial, chiefly, in the plural) The eye. · zarkel
зърнени храни
(uncountable) The grains of such a grass. · zarneni hrani
зърнист
Consisting of, or resembling, granules or grains. · zarnist
зърнистост
(uncountable) A linear texture of a material or surface. · zarnistost
зърно
(Commonwealth, but not Australia or New Zealand, uncountable) Any cereal plant (or its grain) that is the main crop or staple of a country or region. · zarno
зърно на гърдата
(anatomy) The projection of a mammary gland from which, on female therian mammals, milk is secreted. · zarno na gardata
зюмбю́л
Any bulbous plant of the genus Hyacinthus, native to the Mediterranean and South Africa. · zyumbyul
ѝ
The form of she used after a preposition, as the object of a verb, or (colloquial) as a subject with a conjunction; that woman, that ship, etc, or (dialect) as a subject without a conjunction.
и двамата
Each of the two; one and the other; referring to two individuals or items. · i dvamata
и двете
Each of the two; one and the other; referring to two individuals or items. · i dvete
и др.
And others; to complete a list, especially of persons, as authors of a published work. · i dr.
и дру́ги
And others; to complete a list, especially of persons, as authors of a published work. · i drugi
и Сие́
Abbreviation of and company "X & Co." means X and their companions or associates, commonly as the proper name of a corporation but also informally as a group of people. · i Sie
и т.н.
And so on: used to note that the rest of a list or piece of information has been left out on the assumption that it is similar or already known. · i t.n.
и точка
(chiefly, North America) That's final; that's the end of the matter (analogous to a period ending a sentence); end of story. · i tochka
ибис
Any of various long-legged wading birds in the family Threskiornithidae, having long downcurved bills used to probe the mud for prey such as crustaceans. · ibis
Ибиса
An island of the Balearic Islands, Spain. · Ibisa
Ибрахи́м
A en given name. [first attested prior to 1150] · Ibrahim
ибупрофе́н
(carboxylic acid, pharmaceutical drug) A synthetic compound used widely as an analgesic and anti-inflammatory drug. · ibuprofen
и́ва
A strip of fabric, especially from the edge of a piece of cloth. · iva
Иван
A en given name; very popular since the Middle Ages. · Ivan
Иванович
A transliteration of the Russian patronymic Ива́нович (Ivánovič, “son of Ivan”). · Ivanovich
и́вица
A long, narrow drawn or printed rectangle, cuboid or cylinder, especially as used in a bar code or a bar chart. · ivitsa
ивичест
Having stripes, decorated or marked with bands differing in color. · ivichest
иврит
Of or pertaining to the Hebrew people or language. · ivrit
Игдрасил
(Norse mythology) An immense ash tree that is central in Norse cosmology, believed to connect the nine worlds. · Igdrasil
игла́
A long, thin, sharp implement usually for piercing as in sewing, embroidery, acupuncture, tattooing, body piercing, medical injections, sutures, etc; or a blunt but otherwise similar implement used for forming loops or knots in crafts such as darning, knitting, tatting, etc. · igla
иглика
A low-growing plant, Primula veris, with yellow flowers. · iglika
иглу
A dome-shaped Inuit shelter, constructed of blocks cut from snow. · iglu
Игнатий
A en given name (1491–1556) · Ignatiy
игнорирам
(transitive, obsolete) To renounce or dissolve all bonds of affiance, faith, or obligation with; to reject, refuse, or renounce. · ignoriram
и́го
A bar or frame by which two oxen or other draught animals are joined at their necks enabling them to pull a cart, plough, etc.; (by extension) a device attached to a single draught animal for the same purpose. · igo
игра́
A playful activity that may be unstructured; an amusement or pastime. · igra
игра на думи
(rhetoric) A pun or play on words. · igra na dumi
игра с ръка
(countable, Australian rules football) An act of passing a football by holding it with one hand and hitting it with the other. · igra s raka
играещ (за пламък)
Brushing or flickering gently over a surface. · igraesht (za plamak)
играч
A person who plays games. · igrach
игра́чка
One who plays any game or sport. · igrachka
игра́я
(intransitive, mathematics, construed with on or upon, of an algebraic structure) To possess an action onto (some other structure). Examples include the group action of a group on a set, the action of a ring on a module by scalar multiplication, and the action of a group or algebra on a vector space via a representation. · igraya
играя главна роля
(transitive) To feature (a performer or a headliner), especially in a movie or an entertainment program. · igraya glavna rolya
играя голф
(intransitive) To play the game of golf. · igraya golf
играя за публиката
(intransitive) To behave dramatically or showily to impress an audience or observers; to pander to a crowd. · igraya za publikata
играя комар
To play risky games, especially casino games, for monetary gain. · igraya komar
играя роля
To play a role; to depict a character, person, situation, or event. · igraya rolya
играя си
To waste time in trivial activities, or in idleness; to trifle. · igraya si
и́грек
The name of the Latin-script letter Y/y. · igrek
игрив
Lively, playful and undisciplined (often in a manner judged to be immature). · igriv
игри́ще
A place where competitive matches are carried out with figures, or playing area in a board game or a computer game. · igrishte
игрословица
A joke or type of wordplay in which similar definitions or sounds of two words or phrases, or different definitions of the same word, are deliberately confused. · igroslovitsa
игуа́на
(colloquial) In America and the Pacific, any of several members of the lizard family Iguanidae. · iguana
игумен
The superior or head of an abbey or monastery. [First attested around the early 12th century.] · igumen
игуменка
A female superior or governess of a nunnery, or convent of nuns, having the same authority over the nuns which the abbots have over the monks. [First attested around 1150 to 1350] · igumenka
идва ми на ум
(transitive) To give, as a blow; to impel, as with a blow; to give a force to; to dash; to cast. · idva mi na um
и́двам
(intransitive) To move nearer to the point of perspective. · idvam
идвам в съзнание
(intransitive) To regain consciousness. · idvam v saznanie
идване
To arrive or begin, especially at the first coming or appearance of something. · idvane
идване в съзнание
The act of resuscitating. · idvane v saznanie
идеа́л
A perfect standard of beauty, intellect etc., or a standard of excellence to aim at. · ideal
идеа́лен
Perfect, flawless, having no defects. · idealen
идеали́зъм
(philosophy) An approach to philosophical enquiry, which asserts that direct and immediate knowledge can only be had of ideas or mental pictures. · idealizam
идентифика́ция
(computing) Proof of identity required by a user to log on to some network or access some resource. · identifikatsiya
идентифици́рам
(transitive) To establish the identity of someone or something. · identifitsiram
идентичен
Being the same as another; identical, often having been copied from an original. · identichen
иденти́чност
The difference or character that marks off an individual or collective from the rest of the same kind; selfhood; the sense of who something or someone or oneself is, or the recurring characteristics that enable the recognition of such an individual or group by others or themselves. · identichnost
иде́я
Understanding retained in the mind, from experience, reasoning and imagination; a generalization (generic, basic form), or abstraction (mental impression), of a particular set of instances or occurrences (specific, though different, recorded manifestations of the concept). · ideya
идиличен
Extremely happy, peaceful, or picturesque. · idilichen
идиом
A phrase or expression peculiar to or characteristic of a given person or group of people. · idiom
идио́т
(pejorative) A person of low general intelligence. · idiot
идиотия
(dated, psychology, now, , pejorative) The state or condition of being an idiot; the quality of having an intelligence level far below average; mental retardation; intellectual disability. · idiotiya
идио́тка
(pejorative) A person of low general intelligence. · idiotka
идиотщина
(uncountable) Lack of intelligence or sense; extremely foolish behaviour. · idiotshtina
и́диш
A West Germanic, or more specifically High German, language that developed from Middle High German dialects, with an admixture of vocabulary from multiple source languages including Hebrew-Aramaic, Romance, Slavic, English, etc., and mostly written in Hebrew characters which is used mainly among Ashkenazic Jews from central and eastern Europe. · idish
и́дол
An idol. · idol
идолопокло́нничество
(religion) The worship of idols. · idolopoklonnichestvo
идолопокло́нство
(religion) The worship of idols. · idolopoklonstvo
из
With reference to the location or position of a speaker or other observer or vantage point. · iz
Изабе́ла
A en given name. · Izabela
и́зба
An enclosed underground space, often under a building, used for storage or shelter. · izba
избавител
One who redeems; one who provides redemption. · izbavitel
избавям
To set free from restraint or danger. · izbavyam
избавяне
The act of setting free or extricating from danger, imprisonment, bondage, evil, etc. · izbavyane
избавяне от
(countable) A disposing of or getting rid of something. · izbavyane ot
избелвам
(transitive, figuratively) To give a favorable appearance to; to whitewash; to whiten; · izbelvam
избелване
The process of making something white or whiter. · izbelvane
избелявам
(intransitive) To lose freshness, color, or brightness; to become faint in hue or tint; hence, to be wanting in color. · izbelyavam
избера
(intransitive, archaic) To take alone, or one by one; to single out. · izbera
избивам
(transitive) To kill in considerable numbers where little or no resistance can be made, with indiscriminate violence, without necessity, and contrary to civilized norms. (Often limited to the killing of human beings.) · izbivam
избирам
To pick; to make the choice of; to select. · izbiram
изби́ране
A process of choosing a leader, members of parliament, councillors, or other representatives by popular vote. · izbirane
избирател
A resident of an area represented by an elected official, particularly in relation to that official. · izbiratel
избира́телен
Of, or relating to elections. · izbiratelen
избирателен участък
(UK) A pedestrianized and uncovered shopping area. · izbiratelen uchastak
избира́телка
(politics) A person eligible to vote in an election; a member of an electorate, a voter. · izbiratelka
избирателно право
The right to vote at a public election or referendum; see: suffrage. · izbiratelno pravo
избистрям
(by extension) To make or become clear or easily understood; to explain or resolve in order to remove doubt or obscurity. · izbistryam
избистрям се
(by extension) To make or become clear or easily understood; to explain or resolve in order to remove doubt or obscurity. · izbistryam se
избистряне
(in the phrase for clarification) Clarity, transparency, mutual understanding; to be clear. · izbistryane
изблик
(countable) An outburst of an emotion; a paroxysm; a fit of passion. · izblik
избор
A collection of varying but related items. · izbor
изборен
Of, or pertaining to voting or elections; involving a choice between options. · izboren
изборен резултат
The result of the voting, the total number of votes recorded. · izboren rezultat
избран
(postpositive) Who has been elected in a specified post, but has not yet entered office. · izbran
избраник
One chosen or set apart. · izbranik
изброди́ра
(transitive) To embroider with thread. · izbrodira
изброя
(transitive, passive) To limit to a certain number; to reckon (as by fate) to be few in number. · izbroya
изброя́вам
To specify each member of a sequence individually in incrementing order. · izbroyavam
изброяване
Enumeration; mention. · izbroyavane
избу́твам
(transitive) To take the place of; to replace, to supersede. · izbutvam
избутване
A manufacturing process where a billet of material is pushed and/or drawn through a die to create a shaped rod, rail or pipe. · izbutvane
избухвам
(transitive) To cause to explode. · izbuhvam
избухване
An act or instance of bursting. · izbuhvane
избухли́в
Able to, or likely to, explode. · izbuhliv
избъ́рзване
The act of anticipating, taking up, placing, or considering something beforehand, or before the proper time in natural order. · izbarzvane
избягал
Having run away; escaped; fugitive. · izbyagal
избя́гам
(intransitive) To attempt to escape; to practice artifice or sophistry, for the purpose of eluding. · izbyagam
избягвам
(ambitransitive) To avoid (something) by moving suddenly out of the way. · izbyagvam
избягвам, отдръпвам се от
(intransitive) To flee, often secretly; to steal away. [From mid 16th century.] · izbyagvam, otdrapvam se ot
избягване
(obsolete) The act of becoming vacant, or the state of being vacant, specifically used for the state of a benefice becoming void by the death, deprivation, or resignation of the incumbent. · izbyagvane
избягващ
(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) Evasive and shifty. · izbyagvasht
изваден конец
A pulled thread or yarn, as in cloth. · izvaden konets

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