Meaning of засилвам | Babel Free

Definitions

1. to strengthen, to reinforce
   transitive
2. to turn up (an appliance, machine, engine, etc.)
   transitive
3. to intensify, to heighten, to increase (a feeling, state, etc.)
   figuratively, transitive
4. to accelerate, to speed up, to quicken
   ambitransitive
5. to intensify, to become heavier (of rain or snow)
   intransitive
6. to raise to turn up (one's voice, a sound)
   transitive
7. to accentuate, to emphasize, to highlight (an expression, color, etc.)
   transitive
8. to egg on, to push, to encourage
   colloquial, transitive

Equivalents

Examples

“Ми́сля, че тря́бва да заси́лите охра́ната си.”

I think you should strengthen your security.

“заси́лвам пе́чката”

to turn up the stove

“Това́ заси́ли трево́гата ми.”

This intensified my anxiety.

“заси́лвам кра́чката”

to quicken one's pace

“Дъждъ́т заси́ли, а по-по́сле ли́вна като́ из ведро́.”

The rain became heavier, and later poured like from a bucket.

“Тя заси́ли гласа́ си.”

She raised her voice.

“(transitive, colloquial) to fortify, to nourish (with nutritious food or medicine)”

“Прия́телите му го заси́лиха да се яви́ на изпи́т, и го скъ́саха.”

His friends egged him on to take the exam, and he failed.

CEFR level