спирам

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): [ˈspirɐm]

спи́рам • (spíram) first-singular present indicative, impf (perfective спра)

1. (intransitive) to stop, to come to a halt/stand/stop/standstill

   Автобусът спира на спирката.

   Avtobusǎt spira na spirkata.

   The bus stops at the stop.

2. (intransitive) to cease, to pause

   Спирам да преча.

   Spiram da preča.

   I stop interfering.

3. (intransitive) to pull up, to draw up
4. (intransitive) to run down
5. (intransitive) to call (at a harbour)
6. (intransitive) to break down
7. (intransitive) to be cut off
8. (transitive) to cause something or somebody to stop, to put an end to, to bring to a stop/stand/standstill

   Спирам коня. ― Spiram konja. ― I stop the horse.

   Спирам колата. ― Spiram kolata. ― I stop the car.

9. (transitive) to hold up, to stay
10. (transitive) to check, to hold back/in/up, to restrain, to withhold, to curb, to stem

    Спирам инфлация.

    Spiram inflacija.

    To curb inflation.

11. (transitive) to hinder, to impede, to trammel
12. (transitive) to cause something or somebody to pull up, to break off
13. (transitive) to cease, to discontinue, to leave off, to suspend

    Временно спирам съдебно разпореждане.

    Vremenno spiram sǎdebno razporeždane.

    To suspend proceedings.

    Спирам бойни действия.

    Spiram bojni dejstvija.

    To cease hostilities.

14. (transitive) to cut off (electricity, etc.)

• “спирам”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010