Meaning of струвам | Babel Free
[ˈstruvɐm]Definitions
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to devote, to invest, to spend (effort, resources) obsolete, possibly, transitive
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to cost, to demand charge, to be worth standard
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to seem, to look, to appear reflexive
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to be worth impersonal
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to be worth it impersonal, reflexive
Equivalents
English
cost
Examples
“стру́вам труд да ...”
[I] spend effort/labour to ...
“Пра́вя-стру́вам.”
To do this and that ~ To try all sorts of methods.
“На мра́вката път стру́ва.”
Can't hurt a fly.
“Хля́бът стру́ва двá ле́ва.”
The bread costs two levas.
“Та́зи ра́бота ми стру́ва мно́го не́рви.”
This job costs me a lot of nerves (i.e. stress).
“стру́ва ми се, че ...”
it seems to me, that ...
“как ти се стру́вам?”
how do I look to you?
“Кра́йният резулта́т си стру́ва уси́лията.”
The end result is worth the efforts.
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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