потвърждавам

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian подтвержда́ть (podtverždátʹ). By surface analysis, потвърдя́ (potvǎrdjá) +‎ -вам (-vam).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [potvɐrʒˈdavɐm]
  • Rhymes: -avɐm
  • Syllabification(key): пот‧вър‧жда‧вам

Verb

потвържда́вам • (potvǎrždávam) first-singular present indicativeimpf (perfective потвърдя́)

  1. (transitive) to confirm, to corroborate, to affirm (to state or write that something is true)
    Antonym: опроверга́вам, отри́чам (oprovergávam, otríčam)
  2. (transitive) to confirm, to bear out, to substantiate (to serve as evidence that something is true)
    Изключе́нието, кое́то потвържда́ва пра́вилото.
    Izključénieto, koéto potvǎrždáva práviloto.
    The exception that proves (confirms) the rule.
  3. (transitive) to ratify, to uphold, to validate (to give legal or administrative force to a decision, sentence, or regulation)
    Ца́рят потвържда́ва смъ́ртната присъ́да.
    Cárjat potvǎrždáva smǎ́rtnata prisǎ́da.
    The Tsar upholds the death sentence.
  4. (reflexive with се, intransitive) to prove true, to be borne out

Conjugation

References

  • потвърждавам”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • потвърждавам”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • потвърждавам”, in ЛексИт [LexIt] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014