Bulgarian–English dictionary

карфи́ца

A needle without an eye (usually) made of drawn-out steel wire with one end sharpened and the other flattened or rounded into a head, used for fastening. · karfitsa

ка́рцер

A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; a dent; a depression; a fissure. · kartser

каса

(countable) A fund from deposits or contributions, to be used in transacting business; a joint stock or capital. · kasa

касаба́

The fortress in a city in North Africa or the Middle East. · kasaba

Касандра

(Greek mythology) A prophetess who was daughter of King Priam of Troy and his queen Hecuba. She captured the eye of Apollo and was granted the ability to see the future; however, she was destined never to be believed. · Kasandra

каса́пин

A person who prepares and sells meat (and sometimes also slaughters the animals). · kasapin

каса́пка

A person who prepares and sells meat (and sometimes also slaughters the animals). · kasapka

касапски нож

A knife; especially, a clasp-knife, pocket knife, or sheath knife. · kasapski nozh

касая

(transitive) To relate or belong to; to have reference to or connection with; to affect the interest of; to be of importance to. · kasaya

касеро́ла

(countable) A dish of glass or earthenware, with a lid, in which food is baked and sometimes served. · kaserola

касе́та

(computing) A vessel which contains the ink or toner for a computer printer and can be easily replaced with another. · kaseta

касетка

A little box, e.g. for jewellery. · kasetka

касие́р

One who works at a till or receives payments. · kasier

касие́рка

One who works at a till or receives payments. · kasierka

касиране

(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. · kasirane

ка́ска

(headwear) A hard, protective head covering, typically part of armour. · kaska

каскада

A series of electrical (or other types of) components, the output of any one being connected to the input of the next. · kaskada

каскадьо́р

In films, someone who performs stunts that are deemed too dangerous or physically difficult for the main actors to attempt. · kaskadyor

касов бон

A written acknowledgment that a specified article or sum of money has been received. · kasov bon

ка́сов сбор

The amount of money made by selling tickets to a concert or a sports event. · kasov sbor

касоразбивач

One who breaks into safes. · kasorazbivach

каста

Any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies or similar found historically in other cultures. · kasta

кастанети

(Ireland, offensive, slang) A person of lower social class; a chav, skanger, or similar. · kastaneti

кастела́н

(chiefly, _, historical) The governor or caretaker entrusted to oversee a castle or keep for its lord. · kastelan

касто́реум

The bitter exudate of the castor sacs of mature beavers, used as a scent mark, and as a tincture in some perfumes. · kastoreum

кастрат

A male who has been castrated, especially a male whose testicles have been removed before puberty in order to retain his boyish voice. · kastrat

кастра́ция

(surgery) The act of removing the testicles. · kastratsiya

кастрене

(uncountable, computer graphics) The use of a mask to hide part of an object or image. · kastrene

кастрирам

(transitive) To remove the testicles of a person or animal. · kastriram

кастриран

(literally) Castrated; especially castrated prepubescently. · kastriran

кастриран котарак

A strip, wedge, or bolt made from metal or wood and used for holding a machine part in place; usually with features (such as a taper and/or set screws) that allow for fine adjustment of the part's position. · kastriran kotarak

кастриране

The act of depriving of virility, or the state of being so deprived; castration. · kastrirane

кастря

To cut, especially with scissors or shears as opposed to a knife etc. · kastrya

кат

An item of clothing worn under or over another. · kat

катакана

(uncountable) A Japanese syllabary used when writing words borrowed from foreign languages other than Chinese, specific names of plants and animals and other jargon, onomatopoeia, or to emphasize a word or phrase. Also used to write the Ainu language. · katakana

катализа́тор

(chemistry) A substance which speeds up chemical reactions. · katalizator

каталогизирам

To make a catalogue of. · katalogiziram

каталонски

The Romance language of Catalonia, an autonomous region in the northeast of Spain, also spoken in the Valencian autonomous region (where the language is officially named valencià), the Balearic Islands, Andorra, Roussillon in France, and the Sardinian city of Alghero. · katalonski

Катания

A metropolitan city of Sicily, established in 2015; in full, the Metropolitan City of Catania. · Kataniya

катапу́лт

A device or weapon for throwing or launching large objects. · katapult

катапултирам

(, usually, _, intransitive) To forcefully project oneself or another occupant from an aircraft (or, rarely, another type of vehicle), typically using an ejection seat or escape capsule. · katapultiram

Ката́р

A country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: State of Qatar. Capital: Doha. · Katar

катарáкт

(ophthalmology, pathology) A clouding of the lens in the eye leading to a decrease in vision.

катарама

A metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike through which a belt or strap is passed and penetrated by the tongue or spike, in order to fasten the ends of the belt together or to secure the strap to something else. · katarama

катарзис

(drama) A release of emotional tension after an overwhelming vicarious experience, resulting in the purging or purification of the emotions, as through watching a dramatic production (especially a tragedy). · katarzis

катастро́фа

An unexpected event with negative consequences occurring without the intention of the one suffering the consequences, and (in the strict sense) not directly caused by humans. · katastrofa

катастрофален

Of the nature of a disaster; calamitous. · katastrofalen

катастрофирам

(intransitive) To collide with something destructively; to fall or come down violently. · katastrofiram

категоризация

Categorizing. · kategorizatsiya

категоризиране

Categorizing. · kategorizirane

категоричен

Of, pertaining to, or using a category or categories. · kategorichen

категорѝчно

In a categorical manner.

катего́рия

A group, often named or numbered, to which items are assigned based on similarity or defined criteria. · kategoriya

катедра

(education) A distinguished professorship at a university. · katedra

ка́тер

(nautical) A ship's boat, used for transport ship-to-ship or ship-to-shore. · kater

катерач

Someone or something that climbs (such as a mountain climber). · katerach

Катери́на

A en given name. · Katerina

ка́терица

Any of the rodents of the family Sciuridae. · kateritsa

катеричка

(chiefly, North American, slang, countable) The pubic hair near a vulva or a vulva itself; (attributively) denoting films or literature featuring nude women. · katerichka

катерлив

(botany, of a plant) That climbs; that grows upwards by gripping onto a surface. · katerliv

катеря се

(transitive) To mount; to move upwards on. · katerya se

катеря се с мъка

(ambitransitive) To climb (something) with some difficulty, or in a haphazard fashion. · katerya se s maka

катетър

(medicine) A small tube inserted into a body cavity to administer a drug, create an opening, distend a passageway, or remove fluid. · katetar

катина́р

A detachable lock that can be used to secure something by means of a sliding or hinged shackle · katinar

Катманду́

The capital city of Nepal. · Katmandu

като́д

(electricity) An electrode, of a cell or other electrically polarized device, through which a positive current of electricity flows outwards (and thus, electrons flow inwards). It can have either a negative or a positive voltage with respect to anode of the same polarized device (depending on whether the device is a load or a source, respectively). · katod

католик

A member of a Catholic church. · katolik

католицизъм

The faiths, practices and doctrines of the Catholic Church, usually the Roman Catholic Church. · katolitsizam

като́ржник

A person deported to a penal colony. · katorzhnik

катран

A dark, extremely viscous material still remaining after distilling crude oil and tar. · katran

катурвам

(transitive) To hastily or clumsily push, put, carry or otherwise send something into a particular place. · katurvam

катурна

(transitive) To hastily or clumsily push, put, carry or otherwise send something into a particular place. · katurna

катър

The hybrid offspring of a stallion (male horse) and a she-ass (female donkey). · katar

каубой

A man who tends free-range cattle, especially in the American West. · kauboy

кауза

(countable) A goal, aim or principle, especially one which transcends purely selfish ends. · kauza

Каунти Голуей

A city in County Galway, Ireland. · Kaunti Goluey

ка́учук

(obsolete) Latex; natural rubber. · kauchuk

кафе́

A coffee shop; an establishment selling coffee and sometimes other non-alcoholic beverages, simple meals or snacks, with a facility to consume them on the premises. · kafe

кафе́ маши́на

Any of several different types of kitchen apparatus used to brew and filter coffee. · kafe mashina

кафе́з

An enclosure made of bars, normally to hold animals. · kafez

кафела́те

(figurative, informal, attributive) Affluent leftism. · kafelate

кафене́

A coffee shop; an establishment selling coffee and sometimes other non-alcoholic beverages, simple meals or snacks, with a facility to consume them on the premises. · kafene

Ка́фка

A surname from German. · Kafka

кафя́в

Having a brown colour. · kafyav

ка́ца

(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. · katsa

кацам

(also, figuratively) Often followed by at, on, or upon: of something aloft: to descend and settle; to land, to lodge, to rest. · katsam

качвам се

(intransitive) To ascend; rise; to go up. · kachvam se

качвам се на борда

(transitive) To step or climb onto or otherwise enter a ship, aircraft, train or other conveyance. · kachvam se na borda

качвам се на кораб

(transitive) To cover or enclose with bark. · kachvam se na korab

каче

(British) A varying measure of capacity, usually being a quarter of a barrel; specifically, a measure equal to nine imperial gallons. · kache

ка́чествен

Of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity. · kachestven

ка́чество

A characteristic or quality of a thing. · kachestvo

качулат

(of an animal) Having a crest or similar elastic skin or muscle or bone in the neck or behind-the-head area. · kachulat

качулат корморан

Any of several species of sea birds in the family Phalacrocoracidae (cormorant family), especially a common shag or European shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis), found on European and African coasts. · kachulat kormoran

качулка

A monk's hood that can be pulled forward to cover the face; a robe with such a hood attached to it. · kachulka

каша

A thin, watery porridge, formerly eaten primarily by the poor and the ill. · kasha

каше́р

(Judaism) Fit for use or consumption, in accordance with Jewish law (especially relating to food). · kasher

кашест

Of or relating to goo. · kashest

кашкава́л

(uncountable) A dairy product made from curdled or cultured milk. · kashkaval

кашлям

(intransitive) To cough noisily. [19th c.] · kashlyam

кашмир

(mostly, uncountable) A soft fabric made of this wool. · kashmir

кашмирска вълна

(mostly, uncountable) Fine, downy wool from beneath the outer hair of the Cashmere goat. · kashmirska valna

кашон

An inexpensive, disposable box-like container fashioned from either paper, paper with wax-covering (wax paper), or other lightweight material. · kashon

кашпа

A box or pot for plants to be planted in, usually large and standing on the floor. · kashpa

кашу

A tree, Anacardium occidentale, native to northeastern Brazil, now widely grown in tropical climates for its cashew nuts and cashew apples. · kashu

каю́та

A private room on a ship. · kayuta

Каяфа

A Jewish high priest in the first century CE who is said to have organized the plot to kill Jesus. · Kayafa

квадранд

(nautical) A measuring device with a graduated arc of 90° used in locating an altitude. · kvadrand

квадра́т

(printing) A certain number of lines, forming a portion of a column, nearly square; used chiefly in reckoning the prices of advertisements in newspapers. · kvadrat

квадратен

Having four equal sides; square. · kvadraten

квадратно

(geometry) In the shape of a square; at right angles. · kvadratno

квадратче

(fencing) A device used in electric fencing to detect whether a weapon has struck an opponent, which connects to a fencer's weapon by a spool and body wire. It uses lights and sound to notify a hit, with different coloured lights for on target and off target hits. · kvadratche

кваза́р

(galaxy) An extragalactic object, starlike in appearance, that is among the most luminous and (putatively) the most distant objects in the universe. · kvazar

ква́кам

(intransitive, of a frog, toad, raven, or various other birds or animals) To make its vocal sound. · kvakam

ква́кане

The call of a frog or toad. · kvakane

квакер

A believer of the Quaker faith and a member of the Society of Friends, known for their pacifist views. · kvaker

квалифика́ция

An ability or attribute that aids someone's chances of qualifying for something; specifically, completed professional training. [from 17th c.] · kvalifikatsiya

квалифицирам

(transitive) To enable one to function in a given manner; to make one capable of performing a given function or of conducting something; to make one fit to fulfill a given purpose or competent to act within a particular role. · kvalifitsiram

квалифицирам се

(transitive) To enable one to function in a given manner; to make one capable of performing a given function or of conducting something; to make one fit to fulfill a given purpose or competent to act within a particular role. · kvalifitsiram se

квалифици́ран

Meeting the standards, requirements, and training for a position. · kvalifitsiran

квант

(physics) The smallest possible, and therefore indivisible, unit of a given quantity or quantifiable phenomenon. [from 20th c.] · kvant

квантификатор

(grammar) A word, such as all or many, that expresses the quantity of a related noun. · kvantifikator

ква́нтов

(physics) Involving quanta, quantum mechanics or other aspects of quantum physics. · kvantov

квантор

(logic) An operator, such as the universal quantifier (written as ∀) or the existential quantifier (∃), used in predicate calculus to indicate the degree that predicate is true for a specified set. · kvantor

кварк

(particle) In the Standard Model, one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter. They are theorized not to exist in isolation, but only in combinations in hadrons such as neutrons and protons or in quark–gluon plasmas. · kvark

ква́рт

A unit of liquid capacity equal to two pints; one-fourth (quarter) of a gallon. Equivalent to 1.136 liters in the UK and 0.946 liter (liquid quart) or 1.101 liters (dry quart) in the U.S. · kvart

ква́ртa

(cards) Four successive cards of the same suit. · kvarta

квартал

A contiguous group of urban lots of property, typically several acres in extent, not crossed by public streets. · kvartal

квартет

(musician) A group of four musicians who perform classical music together. · kvartet

кварти́ра

(chiefly, North America, Australia, Philippines) A complete domicile occupying only part of a building, especially one for rent; a flat. · kvartira

квартирант

A person who lodges in another's house (compare tenant). · kvartirant

квартирувам

(intransitive) To stay in a boarding-house, paying rent to the resident landlord or landlady. · kvartiruvam

кварц

(mineral) The most abundant mineral on the earth's surface, of chemical composition silicon dioxide, SiO2. It occurs in a variety of forms, both crystalline and amorphous. Found in every environment. · kvarts

кварци́тен пя́съчник

(geology) A coarse-grained sandstone used for making such stones; millstone grit. · kvartsiten pyasachnik

квас

A fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage, often flavored with fruit, honey and herbs. · kvas

квачка

Something that hatches, such as a bird or the egg from which it hatches. · kvachka

квинта

(music) The musical interval between one note and another five scale degrees higher (the fifth note in a scale) · kvinta

квинтет

Any group of five members · kvintet

квита́нция

A written acknowledgment that a specified article or sum of money has been received. · kvitantsiya

кворум

The minimum number of members required for a group to officially conduct business and to cast votes, often but not necessarily a majority or supermajority. · kvorum

квота

(obsolete, rare) A quotum or quota. · kvota

КГБ

(historical) The Committee for State Security of the Soviet Union (the Soviet security service). · KGB

кеба́п

(British) A dish of pieces of meat, fish, or vegetables roasted on a skewer or spit, especially a doner kebab. · kebap

кеба́пче

(British) A dish of pieces of meat, fish, or vegetables roasted on a skewer or spit, especially a doner kebab. · kebapche

кег

A round, traditionally wooden container of lesser capacity than a barrel, often used to store beer. · keg

кегла

A slender object specially designed for use in a specific game or sport, such as skittles or bowling. · kegla

ке́дър

(countable) A coniferous tree of the genus Cedrus in the family Pinaceae. · kedar

кей

A raised platform built from the shore out over water, supported on piles; used to secure, or provide access to shipping; a jetty. · key

кеклик

(ornithology) Any bird of a number of genera in the family Phasianidae, notably in the genera Perdix and Alectoris. · keklik

ке́лнер

A male or female attendant who serves customers at their tables in a restaurant, café or similar. · kelner