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обичам

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Bulgarian

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Etymology

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Related to о́бич (óbič).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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оби́чам (obíčam) first-singular present indicativeimpf

  1. (transitive) to love (to feel romantic affection or attraction for someone)
    Synonym: лю́бя (ljúbja)
    Той твъ́рде добре́ по́мни мину́тата, кога́то за пръв път ѝ откри́, че я оби́ча.
    Toj tvắrde dobré pómni minútata, kogáto za prăv păt ì otkrí, če ja obíča.
    He remembers very well the minute when he first revealed to her that he loves her.
  2. (transitive) to love, to feel affection for (relatives, friends, animals, possessions, etc.)
    Де́то те мра́зят не ходи́, де́то те оби́чат не чести́.
    Déto te mrázjat ne hodí, déto te obíčat ne čestí.
    Don't go where they hate you, don't visit too frequently where they love you.
  3. (transitive) to love, to be devoted to (a nation, country, idea, etc.)
    Synonym: лю́бя (ljúbja)
    Бълга́рин съм, милея, тача и оби́чам оте́чеството си.
    Bălgárin săm, mileja, tača i obíčam otéčestvoto si.
    I am a Bulgarian and I love my fatherland.
  4. (transitive) to like, to fancy, to enjoy (an activity, an object, order, etc.)
    Synonym: харе́свам (harésvam)
    Той като вое́нен, оби́чаше реда́.
    Toj kato voénen, obíčaše redá.
    As a military man, he liked order.
  5. (intransitive, with да (da)) to like to, to love to (do something)
    Аз оби́чах да се разгова́рям с не́го.
    Az obíčah da se razgovárjam s négo.
    I liked to converse with him.
  6. (transitive) to like (the taste of some food or drink)
    Ако има не́що, коéто на́й-мно́го да оби́чам на света́, това́ е ти́квeника.
    Ako ima néšto, koéto náj-mnógo da obíčam na svetá, tová e tíkvenika.
    If there is anything I like the most in the world, it is tikvenik.
    Оби́чам лю́то.
    Obíčam ljúto.
    I like spicy food.
  7. (transitive, of a plant) to thrive in, to like (water, sunlight, air, etc.)
    Зе́лето мно́го оби́ча вода́.
    Zéleto mnógo obíča vodá.
    Cabbage likes water very much.
  8. (transitive, polite) to would like, to want, to wish (used in polite inquiries, invitations, or requests)
    Какво́ оби́чате?
    Kakvó obíčate?
    What would you like?
    Ако оби́чате.
    Ako obíčate.
    If you please.

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References

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  • обичам”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • обичам”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “обичам”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 745