въобще

Borrowed from Russian вообще́ (voobščé).

By surface analysis, въ (vǎ, “in”) +‎ общ (obšt, “general, total”) +‎ -е (-e, adverb-forming suffix), literally “in total, in the whole”. Formed with similar semantics to изо́бщо (izóbšto, literally “from the whole”).

• IPA^(key): [vɐopʃˈtɛ]

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• IPA^(key): [vopʃˈtɛ] (informal)

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• Rhymes: -tɛ
• Hyphenation^(key): въ‧об‧ще

въобще́ • (vǎobšté) (not comparable)

1. (chiefly in the negative) at all

   Въобще́ не ми харе́сва!

   Vǎobšté ne mi harésva!

   I don't like it at all!

   При въ́зрастните хо́ра, хо́денето по горещини́те въобще́ не е добра́ иде́я.

   Pri vǎ́zrastnite hóra, hódeneto po goreštiníte vǎobšté ne e dobrá idéja.

   For older people, walking outside in the baking heat is not at all a good idea.

2. generally, in general

   Synonym: като́ ця́ло (kató cjálo)

3. in general, altogether
4. always

   Synonym: ви́наги (vínagi)

5. altogether, completely

   Synonyms: напъ́лно (napǎ́lno), изця́ло (izcjálo)

   Въобще́ ми́сля, че тря́бва да си поми́слим мно́го добре́, преди́ да про́бваме та́зи страте́гия.

   Vǎobšté míslja, če trjábva da si pomíslim mnógo dobré, predí da próbvame tázi stratégija.

   Altogether, I think we ought to think very hard before we try out this strategy.

• изо́бщо (izóbšto)

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