струвам

Bulgarian

Etymology

Per BER, contracted from earlier стору́вам (storúvam, “to do, to make”) < *sъtvorovati. Formally matching Proto-Slavic *struvati would have probably meant “to disperse, to diffuse” (as attested in related causative Old Church Slavonic остроуꙗти (ostrujati, “to refute”)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈstruvɐm]

Verb

стру́вам • (strúvam) first-singular present indicative, impf

  1. (transitive, obsolescent) to devote, to invest, to spend (effort, resources)
    Synonyms: пра́вя (právja), чиня́ (činjá), вла́гам (vlágam)
    стру́вам труд да ... ― strúvam trud da ... ― [I] spend effort/labour to ...
    Пра́вя-стру́вам. (idiom) ― Právja-strúvam. ― To do this and that ~ To try all sorts of methods.
    На мра́вката път стру́ва. (proverb) ― Na mrávkata pǎt strúva. ― Can't hurt a fly. (literally, “[One] makes path to an ant.”)
  2. (standard) to cost, to demand charge, to be worth
    Synonyms: ко́ствам (kóstvam), чи́ня (čínja), (dialectal) вре́дя (vrédja)
    Хля́бът стру́ва двá ле́ва. ― Hljábǎt strúva dvá léva. ― The bread costs two levas.
    Та́зи ра́бота ми стру́ва мно́го не́рви. ― Tázi rábota mi strúva mnógo nérvi. ― This job costs me a lot of nerves (i.e. stress).
  3. (reflexive with се) to seem, to look, to appear
    стру́ва ми се, че ... ― strúva mi se, če ... ― it seems to me, that ...
    как ти се стру́вам? ― kak ti se strúvam? ― how do I look to you?
  4. (impersonal) to be worth
  5. (reflexive with си, impersonal) to be worth it
    Кра́йният резулта́т си стру́ва уси́лията. ― Krájnijat rezultát si strúva usílijata. ― The end result is worth the efforts.

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • престру́вам се (prestrúvam se), престо́рвам се (prestórvam se, “to pretend”)
  • стру́ване (strúvane, “commemoration”)

References

Anagrams

  • срутвам (srutvam)
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