Meaning of какъвто | Babel Free

Definitions

1. who, that, which, whichever, this kind of (introduces a relative clause)
2. Колата, каквато той кара, е много бърза.
3. Колата, каквато той кара, е много бърза. Kolata, kakvato toj kara, e mnogo bǎrza. This kind of car is very fast.
4. Kolata, kakvato toj kara, e mnogo bǎrza.
5. This kind of car is very fast.
6. as (introduces a clause of comparison)

Examples

“ще ку́пя какви́то и да са”

I'll buy whichever ones, I'll buy any of them

“Мъжъ́т, какъ́вто видя́хте вче́ра, е баща́ ми.”

The man who you saw yesterday is my father.

“Elin Pelin, Sǎch. III, page 61; quoted in https://ibl.bas.bg/rbe/lang/bg/%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%8A%D0%B2%D1%82%D0%BE/ ... повди́гна една́ от пло́чите, с какви́то бе постла́н це́лият под. ... povdígna edná ot plóčite, s kakvíto be postlán célijat pod. ... [he] lifted one of the slabs with which the whole floor was covered. какъ́вто и да е ― kakǎ́vto i da e ― whichever, whatever; any без какъ́вто и да е срам bez kakǎ́vto i da e sram without any shame”

“A. Karaliychev, S., page 230; quoted in https://ibl.bas.bg/rbe/lang/bg/%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%8A%D0%B2%D1%82%D0%BE/ Какъ́вто съм несръ́чен, без да и́скам, изтърва́х часо́вника и той ту́пна на ка́мъните. Kakǎ́vto sǎm nesrǎ́čen, bez da ískam, iztǎrváh časóvnika i toj túpna na kámǎnite. As clumsy as I am, without wanting to I dropped the watch and it pounded on the stones.”

(literally, “As I am clumsy, ...”)

“какво́то посе́еш, тако́ва ще пожъ́неш”

as you sow, so shall you reap

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