налагам

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Bulgarian

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Etymology

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From Old Church Slavonic налагати (nalagati), from Proto-Slavic *nālāgāti.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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нала́гам (nalágam) first-singular present indicativeimpf (perfective нало́жа)

  1. (transitive) to stack, to pile up
  2. (transitive) to lay on top of, to superimpose
  3. (transitive) to apply (a medicinal substance, bandage, etc.)
    Налагам лепенката.Nalagam lepenkata.I apply the bandage.
  4. (transitive) to impose
  5. (colloquial, transitive) to punish corporally
  6. (reflexive) to require
  7. (reflexive) to establish oneself (in a position of pre-eminence)
  8. (reflexive) to defeat in a competition

Usage notes

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Although able to be used reflexively similarly to its perfective variant нало́жа (nalóža) to mean it is necessary, etc., this usage is far less common.

Налагва се, за съжаление.
Nalagva se, za sǎžalenie.
It is necessary, unfortunately.

Conjugation

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