Bulgarian edit

Etymology edit

Related to Bulgarian че́пам (čépam), че́пкам (čépkam, to poke, to prod, to prick)

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

чо́пля (čóplja) first-singular present indicativeimpf

  1. (transitive) to pick
    чо́пля си носа́čóplja si nosáto pick one's nose
  2. (transitive, of mammals) to shell, to peel off [some food with skin] in order to eat
    чо́пля се́мкиčóplja sémkito shell/eat seeds
  3. (transitive, of birds) to peck
  4. (transitive, of tools) to prick, to prod, to screw

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Derived terms edit

References edit

  • чопля”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • чопля”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010