See also: спря

Bulgarian edit

Etymology edit

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Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

спра (spra) first-singular present indicativepf (imperfective спи́рам)

  1. (intransitive) to stop, to come to a halt/stand/stop/standstill
  2. (intransitive) to cease, to pause
  3. (intransitive) to pull up, to draw up
    Файтонът спря в края на пътя.
    Fajtonǎt sprja v kraja na pǎtja.
    The carriage drew up at the end of the lane.
  4. (intransitive) to run down
    Часовникът е спрял.
    Časovnikǎt e sprjal.
    The clock has run down.
  5. (intransitive) to call (at a harbour)
    Онази година почти сто кораба спряха на пристанището.
    Onazi godina počti sto koraba sprjaha na pristaništeto.
    That year almost one hundred ships called at the harbour.
  6. (intransitive) to break down
  7. (intransitive) to be cut off
    Водата спря.
    Vodata sprja.
    The water has been cut off.
  8. (transitive) to cause something or somebody to stop, to put an end to, to bring to a stop/stand/standstill
    Не можеш да го спреш.
    Ne možeš da go spreš.
    There’s no stopping him.
  9. (transitive) to hold up, to stay
    Губернаторът спря екзекуцията.
    Gubernatorǎt sprja ekzekucijata.
    The governor stayed the execution.
  10. (transitive) to check, to hold back/in/up, to restrain, to withhold, to curb, to stem
  11. (transitive) to hinder, to impede, to trammel
  12. (transitive) to cause something or somebody to pull up, to break off
  13. (transitive) to cease, to discontinue, to leave off, to suspend
  14. (transitive) to cut off (electricity, etc.)
    Спряха тока.
    Sprjaha toka.
    The power is cut off.

Conjugation edit

References edit

  • спра”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010