струвам

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Bulgarian

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Etymology

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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

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Verb

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стру́вам (strúvam) first-singular present indicativeimpf

  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.

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