Bulgarian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *glę̀dati.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈɡlɛdɐm]
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Verb

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гле́дам (glédam) first-singular present indicativeimpf

  1. to look at [transitive or with към (kǎm, + object)]
  2. to watch (a match, movie, television, etc.)
    Ви́е гле́дахте ли но́вия филм?
    Víe glédahte li nóvija film?
    Did you watch the new film?
  3. (figurative, colloquial) to observe, to notice
  4. to look out, to be careful
  5. to take care of, to look after (a person)
  6. to take care of, to deal with, to attend to (an issue)
  7. to raise (animals or plants)
  8. to try (a court case)
  9. to try [with да (da, + clause) ‘to do something’]
  10. to do nothing, to take no action
  11. (transitive) to take after (someone), to follow (someone's) example
    ти мен не ме гле́дай
    ti men ne me glédaj
    don't follow my example
  12. to tolerate, to stand
  13. (intransitive) to face [with на (na) ‘in some direction’ or към (kǎm) ‘towards some location’]
  14. to search, to look [with за (za) ‘for someone/something’]
  15. to rely [with на (na) ‘on someone’]
  16. to tell fortunes [with на (na) ‘by some means’]
  17. to regard, to consider [with на (na) ‘someone’] [with като́ (kató) ‘as something’]
  18. (reflexive with се) to look at oneself
  19. (reflexive with се) to take care of oneself

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  • гледам”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • гледам”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Macedonian

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Verb

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гледам (gledam)

  1. first-person singular present of гледа (gleda)