представям

Bulgarian

Etymology

предста́вя (predstávja) +‎ -ям (-jam)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [prɛtˈstavʲɐm]
  • Audio (Standard Bulgarian):(file)
  • Rhymes: -avʲɐm
  • Syllabification(key): пред‧ста‧вям

Verb

предста́вям • (predstávjam) first-singular present indicativeimpf (perfective предста́вя)

  1. to present
  2. to introduce (someone) [with на (na) ‘to someone’]
  3. to stage (a performance)
  4. to depict, to portray
  5. to nominate, to suggest (someone) [with за (za) ‘for a reward, punishment, promotion, position, etc.’]
  6. (imperfective only) to represent
    Synonym: представля́вам (predstavljávam)
  7. (reflexive with се) to introduce oneself
  8. (reflexive with се) to present oneself
    предста́вям се заpredstávjam se zato pretend to be (literally, “to present oneself as”)
  9. (reflexive with си) to imagine

Conjugation

References

  • представям”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • представям”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “предста́вям, предста́вям (се)”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 641