засмивам
Bulgarian
Etymology
By surface analysis, засме́я (zasméja) + -вам (-vam).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [zɐˈsmivɐm]
Audio (Standard Bulgarian): (file) - Rhymes: -ivɐm
- Syllabification(key): за‧сми‧вам
- Hyphenation(key): зас‧ми‧вам
Verb
засми́вам • (zasmívam) first-singular present indicative, impf (perfective засме́я)
- (transitive) to make laugh, to cheer up
- (reflexive with се) to burst out laughing, to begin laughing at something
- (reflexive with се) to cheer up, to smile
See also
- засмивам се под платно (zasmivam se pod platno, “to die”, literally “to laugh beneath a cloth”)
- засмивам се на попа в петите (zasmivam se na popa v petite, “to die”, literally “to laugh before the priest's feet”)
- засмивам се до ушите (zasmivam se do ušite, “to grin from ear to ear”)
- засмивам се под мустак (zasmivam se pod mustak, “to smile wryly”, literally “to smile under one's mustache”)
References
- “засмивам”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “засмивам се”, in БЕРОН (Български езикови ресурси онлайн) [BERON (Bulgarian Language Resources Online)] (in Bulgarian), Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2024