Bulgarian–English dictionary

контингент

That which falls to one in a division or apportionment among a number; a suitable share. · kontingent

контине́нт

Each of the traditional main regions into which the Earth’s land surface is divided, including both an extent of mainland and various conventionally associated islands, etc; namely, Africa, Europe, Asia, Australasia/Oceania, North America, South America, and Antarctica. · kontinent

континентален

Of or relating to a continent or continents. · kontinentalen

контра

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. · kontra

контраалт

(music) The lowest female voice or voice part, falling between tenor and mezzo-soprano. The terms contralto and alto refer to the same musical pitch range, but among singers, the term contralto is reserved for female singers; the equivalent male form is counter-tenor. Originally the contratenor altus was a high countermelody sung against the tenor or main melody. · kontraalt

контраба́нда

(uncountable) Goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods. · kontrabanda

контрабанден алкохол

(math, uncountable) A branch of pure mathematics relating the Monster group to an invariant of elliptic functions. · kontrabanden alkohol

контрабандирам

(transitive, intransitive) To import or export, illicitly or by stealth, without paying lawful customs charges or duties · kontrabandiram

контрабанди́ст

One who smuggles things. · kontrabandist

контрабанди́стка

One who smuggles things. · kontrabandistka

контрабандна кръчма

(historical) An illegal saloon or tavern, especially one operated during the American Prohibition period in the 1920s. · kontrabandna krachma

контра́кт

(legal) An agreement which the law will enforce in some way. A legally binding contract must contain at least one promise, i.e., a commitment or offer, by an offeror to and accepted by an offeree to do something in the future. A contract is thus executory rather than executed. · kontrakt

контракция

(biology, medicine) A shortening of a muscle during its use; specifically, a strong and often painful shortening of the uterine muscles prior to or during childbirth. · kontraktsiya

контрапродукти́вно

More of a hindrance than a help. · kontraproduktivno

контраст

(arts) Two or more contrasting sounds, colours, styles etc. placed together for stylistic effect. · kontrast

контрастирам

(transitive) To set in opposition in order to show the difference or differences between; to counterpoint. · kontrastiram

контратенор

An adult male singer who uses head tone or falsetto to sing far higher than the typical male vocal range. · kontratenor

контрафорс

(architecture) A brick, concrete or stone structure built against another structure to support it. · kontrafors

контрацепти́вен

That acts to prevent conception as a result of sexual intercourse. · kontratseptiven

контрирам

(bridge) To make a call that will double certain scoring points if the preceding bid becomes the contract. · kontriram

контро́л

A control; a limit or stop. · kontrol

контро́лен

Made or used as a test or demonstration of capability. · kontrolen

контролирам

(transitive) To control, limit, or halt. · kontroliram

контролирам се

(intransitive) To control oneself when provoked. · kontroliram se

контро́лна гру́па

(in an experiment) The group of test subjects left untreated or unexposed to some procedure and then compared with treated subjects in order to validate the results of the test. · kontrolna grupa

контро́лно-пропуска́телен пункт

A point or place where a check is performed, especially a point along a road or on a frontier where travellers are stopped for inspection. · kontrolno-propuskatelen punkt

контрольо́р

One who audits bookkeeping accounts. · kontrolyor

контузвам

To break something or injure someone. · kontuzvam

конту́р

The exterior limit of a figure or territory: a boundary, contour, or outline; a demarcation. · kontur

конурба́ция

A continuous aggregation of built-up urban communities created as a result of urban sprawl. · konurbatsiya

ко́нус

(geometry) A surface of revolution formed by rotating a segment of a line around another line that intersects the first line. · konus

конусовиден

Shaped like a cone. · konusoviden

конусообразен

Narrowing gradually towards a point. · konusoobrazen

конфедеративен

Of, relating to, or united in a confederacy · konfederativen

конфедера́ция

A union or alliance of states or political organizations. · konfederatsiya

конфере́нция

A formal gathering or assembly; a conference held to discuss or decide on a specific question. · konferentsiya

конфигура́ция

The form of a thing, as depending on the relative placement of the parts of a thing's shape. · konfiguratsiya

конфигури́рам

(transitive) To set up or arrange something in such a way that it is ready for operation for a particular purpose, or to someone's particular liking · konfiguriram

конфиденциален

Not publicly known or divulged; secret, confidential; (of a message) intended only for a specific person or group. · konfidentsialen

конфирма́ция

A ceremony of sealing and conscious acknowledgement of the faith in many Christian churches, typically around the ages of 14 to 18; considered a sacrament in some churches, including Catholicism, but not in most Protestant churches. · konfirmatsiya

конфиска́ция

The act or process of confiscating. · konfiskatsiya

конфискувам

(transitive) To use one's authority to lay claim to and separate a possession from its holder. · konfiskuvam

конфитюр

A jam or thick syrup made from fruit. · konfityur

конфли́кт

An angry argument. · konflikt

конформист

Someone who tries to conform to the mainstream. · konformist

конформистки

Conforming to established customs, etc. · konformistki

конфронта́ция

The act of confronting or challenging another, especially face to face. · konfrontatsiya

Конфу́ций

An influential Chinese philosopher who lived 551 B.C.E. – 479 B.C.E.; personal name Kong Qiu (孔丘). · Konfutsiy

концентрат

A substance that is in a condensed form. · kontsentrat

концентрирам

(ergative) To bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to unite more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force. · kontsentriram

концентрирам се

(intransitive, followed by on or upon) To concentrate one's attention on something; to have as one's central point of interest, concern, etc. · kontsentriram se

концентриран

Not dilute; having a high concentration. · kontsentriran

концентриране

The act, process or ability of concentrating; the process of becoming concentrated, or the state of being concentrated. · kontsentrirane

конце́пция

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). · kontseptsiya

концерн

A business, firm or enterprise; a company. · kontsern

концерт

(uncountable) Musical accordance or harmony; concord. · kontsert

концертина

A musical instrument, like the various accordions, that is a member of the free-reed family of musical instruments, typically having buttons on both ends. · kontsertina

конче́

A young horse or other equine, especially just after birth or less than a year old. · konche

кончина

(formal) Death, departure from life. · konchina

конюга́ция

(biology) The temporary fusion of organisms, especially as part of sexual reproduction. · konyugatsiya

конюнкту́ра

A set of circumstances causing a crisis; a juncture. · konyunktura

конюнкция

(logic) The proposition resulting from the combination of two or more propositions using the ∧ (\and) operator. · konyunktsiya

конюшна

A stable; a place for cattle. · konyushna

коню́шня

A building, wing or dependency set apart and adapted for lodging and feeding (and training) ungulates, especially horses. · konyushnya

Коня́к

A city and commune of Charente department, region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France; famous for cognac brandy. · Konyak

коняр

A person who looks after horses. · konyar

кооперати́в

A type of company that is owned partially or wholly by its employees, customers or tenants. · kooperativ

кооперати́вен

Relating to a cooperative or cooperatives. · kooperativen

коопера́ция

(usually, uncountable) The act of cooperating. · kooperatsiya

координа́та

(mathematics, cartography, astronomy, geography) A number representing the position of a point along a line, arc, or similar one-dimensional figure. · koordinata

координа́ция

The act of coordinating, making different people or things work together for a goal or effect. · koordinatsiya

координирам

(ambitransitive) To synchronize (activities). · koordiniram

копа́ч

One who digs. · kopach

копая

(intransitive) To dig into the ground, especially with a shovel. · kopaya

копая яма

(transitive) To make pits in; to mark with little hollows. · kopaya yama

копеле

(Judaism) A child born to Jewish parents whose relationship is incestuous or otherwise forbidden by Jewish law (e.g. an unmarried man and a married woman), or the descendant of such a person. · kopele

Ко́пенхаген

The capital city of Denmark. · Kopenhagen

Копе́рник

Nicolaus Copernicus, a mathematician and astronomer who formulated a model of the universe that placed the Sun rather than the Earth at the center of the universe. · Kopernik

ко́пие

(countable, informal) A carbon copy. · kopie

копиеносец

(obsolete) A soldier armed with such a weapon. · kopienosets

копирам

(transitive) To imitate. · kopiram

копиране

The process by which an object, person, place or idea may be copied mimicked or reproduced. · kopirane

копи́рна маши́на

A machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates. · kopirna mashina

копи́то

The tip of a toe of an ungulate such as a horse, ox or deer, strengthened by a thick keratin covering. · kopito

копнеещ

Full of longing or yearning. · kopneesht

копнеж

A strong desire; yearning. · kopnezh

копнея

(ambitransitive) To desire strongly, so as to satisfy an appetite; to long or yearn for. · kopneya

копраля

A long, pointed stick used to prod animals. · kopralya

коприва

Especially, most species of herb genus Urtica, stinging nettles: · kopriva

копривка

Any of certain plants in the mint family, many used as ornamentals for their colorful, variegated leaves, sometime included in genus Plectranthus (spurflowers), sometimes in their own genus Coleus, · koprivka

копри́на

A fine, soft cloth woven from silk fibers. · koprina

копринен

Synonym of silky, like silk, silklike, particularly · koprinen

копто́р

(informal) A decrepit motor car. · koptor

ко́пче

(clothing) A knob or disc that is passed through a loop or (buttonhole), serving as a fastener. [from mid-13th c.] · kopche

ко́пър

Anethum graveolens (the type species of the genus Anethum), a herb, the seeds of which are moderately warming, pungent, and aromatic, formerly used as a soothing medicine for children; also known as dillseed. · kopar

кора́

(countable, uncountable) The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree. · kora

кораб превозващ роби

(nautical) A ship used to transport slaves. · korab prevozvasht robi

корабен дневник

(nautical) A book in which measurements from the ship's log are recorded, along with other salient details of the voyage. · koraben dnevnik

корабна лодка

(nautical) A small open boat, propelled by oars or paddles, carried as a tender, lifeboat, or pleasure craft on a ship. · korabna lodka

корабна тента

(countable, nautical) A frame-supported canvas over the companionway (entrance) of a sailboat providing the on-deck crew partial cover from the splashes of the seas that break against the hull of the boat. · korabna tenta

корабно място

(by extension) A place for a vessel to lie at anchor or to moor. · korabno myasto

корабокрушенец

(nautical) A shipwrecked sailor. · korabokrushenets

корабокруше́ние

(countable, uncountable) An event where a ship sinks or runs aground. · korabokrushenie

корабоплаване

(uncountable) Traffic or travel by vessel, especially commercial shipping. · koraboplavane

корабострои́телница

A place where ships are repaired or outfitted. · korabostroitelnitsa

корав

Durable, rigid (material state). · korav

кора́л

(countable) Any of many species of marine invertebrates in the class Anthozoa, most of which build hard calcium carbonate skeletons and form colonies, or a colony belonging to one of those species. · koral

коралов

Made of coral. · koralov

кордон

A line of people or things placed around an area to enclose or protect it. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.] · kordon

коре́ец

(countable) A native or resident in North Korea or South Korea, or a person of Korean descent. · koreets

коре́йка

(countable) A native or resident in North Korea or South Korea, or a person of Korean descent. · koreyka

коре́йски

Of or relating to the Asian Peninsula comprising North Korea and South Korea. · koreyski

коре́ктен

With good manners; well behaved; conforming with accepted standards of behaviour. · korekten

коре́ктор

A person employed by a publisher to read works submitted for publication and determine their merits. · korektor

коректу́ра

(countable, printing) A proof sheet; a trial impression, as from type, taken for correction or examination. · korektura

коре́кция

In public bodies, any alteration made or proposed to be made in a bill or motion that adds, changes, substitutes, or omits. · korektsiya

корелация

(statistics) One of the several measures of the linear statistical relationship between two random variables, indicating both the strength and direction of the relationship. · korelatsiya

коре́м

(obsolete) The fat surrounding the belly. [mid 16th c. – late 17th c.] · korem

коре́мен

Of or pertaining to the abdomen; ventral. [Mid 18th century.] · koremen

корен

(linguistics) A primitive word, from which other words may be derived. · koren

коренен

First according to historical or scientific records; original; indigenous; primitive. [First attested in the mid 17th century.] · korenen

коренно

In a radical manner; fundamentally; very. · korenno

кореспонде́нт

A journalist who sends reports back to a newspaper or radio or television station from a distant or overseas location. · korespondent

кореспонде́нтка

A journalist who sends reports back to a newspaper or radio or television station from a distant or overseas location. · korespondentka

кореспонде́нция

(uncountable) Reciprocal exchange of civilities, especially conversation between persons by means of letters. · korespondentsiya

кореспонди́рам

(intransitive, constructed with with) To exchange messages, especially by postal letter, over a period of time. · korespondiram

Коре́я

A geographic region consisting of two countries in East Asia, commonly known as South Korea and North Korea; formerly a single country. · Koreya

кориандър

(UK, Irish) The annual herb Coriandrum sativum, used in many cuisines. · koriandar

кориги́рам

(transitive) To make a formal alteration (in legislation, a report, etc.) by adding, deleting, or rephrasing. · korigiram

коридо́р

A lengthwise division of roadway intended for a single line of vehicles. · koridor

Коринт

A port city in Greece. · Korint

користен

Motivated by personal gain. · koristen

користолюбив

Actuated by avarice; extremely greedy for wealth or material gain; immoderately desirous of accumulating property. · koristolyubiv

користолю́бие

Excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greed for wealth · koristolyubie

корито

A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for mixing or cooling wort, holding water, hot glue, etc. · korito

корито за промиване

(mining) A trough used by miners to receive powdered ore from the box where it is beaten, or for carrying water to the stamps, or other apparatus for comminuting (sorting) the ore. · korito za promivane

кори́ца

The top sheet of a bed. · koritsa

кори́чен

Of or pertaining to the front cover of a book or magazine. · korichen

ко́ричка

An incrustation over a sore, wound, vesicle, or pustule, formed during healing. · korichka

коричка на рана

The thickened crust on coagulated blood. · korichka na rana

Корк

The principal city of County Cork, Ireland. · Kork

корм

(brewing) Ground or bruised malt, or meal of rye, wheat, corn, or other grain (or a mixture of malt and meal) steeped and stirred in hot water for making the wort. · korm

корми́ло

(nautical) The tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; also, the entire steering apparatus of a vessel. · kormilo

кормора́н

Any of various medium-large black seabirds of the family Phalacrocoracidae which dive into water for fish and other aquatic animals, found throughout the world except for islands in the centre of the Pacific Ocean; specifically, the great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo). · kormoran

кормчи́я

(nautical) The member of a vessel's crew in charge of steering the vessel; a helmsman or helmswoman. · kormchiya

корнет

A musical instrument of the brass family, slightly smaller than a trumpet, usually in the musical key of B-flat. · kornet

корниз

(architecture) A protective moulding over a door or window that allows rain to drip away from the structure. · korniz

корнишо́н

A small cucumber, often pickled whole. · kornishon

корнфле́йкс

A breakfast cereal made from toasted flakes of maize. · kornfleyks

кородирам

(intransitive) To have corrosive action; to be subject to corrosion. · korodiram