Bulgarian

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Etymology

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свъ́рша (svǎ́rša) +‎ -вам (-vam)

Pronunciation

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Verb

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свъ́ршвам (svǎ́ršvam) first-singular present indicativeimpf (perfective свъ́рша)

  1. to finish, to complete (an action)
  2. to use up, to exhaust
  3. (transitive and intransitive) to graduate
  4. (intransitive) to end, to finish, to be over
  5. (intransitive) to end up
    свъ́ршвам в затво́ра
    svǎ́ršvam v zatvóra
    to end up in prison
  6. (colloquial) to die
  7. (reflexive with се, colloquial) to run out (to have nothing more left)
    пари́те ни се свъ́ршват
    paríte ni se svǎ́ršvat
    we are running out of money
    (literally, “the money is running out on us”)

Conjugation

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