притесня

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian притесни́ть (pritesnítʹ, to oppress).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pritɛˈsnʲa̟]
  • Syllabification(key): при‧те‧сня
  • Hyphenation(key): при‧тес‧ня

Verb

притесня́ • (pritesnjá) first-singular present indicativepf (imperfective притесня́вам)

  1. (transitive) to worry someone
  2. (transitive) to bother someone, to disturb
  3. (transitive) to oppress, to inconvenience, to restrict, to limit
  4. (reflexive with се) to worry about, to be worried about [with за (za) ‘something, someone’]
    Притесни́х се за теб.
    Pritesníh se za teb.
    I was worried about you.

Conjugation

References

  • притесня”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • притесня”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “притесня”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 737