обезглавя

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [obɛzɡɫɐˈvʲɤ̟]
  • Audio (Standard Bulgarian, l-vocalization):(file)
  • Rhymes: -vʲɤ
  • Syllabification(key): о‧бе‧згла‧вя
  • Hyphenation(key): обез‧гла‧вя

Verb

обезглавя́ • (obezglavjá) first-singular present indicativepf (imperfective обезглавя́вам)

  1. (transitive) to behead, to decapitate
    Беше обвинен в измяна и обезглавен.
    Beše obvinen v izmjana i obezglaven.
    He was charged with treason and beheaded.
  2. (transitive, figuratively) to remove the leader of an organization, to deprive of leadership, to destroy the brain-centre of
    Много арести обезглавяват мафията.
    Mnogo aresti obezglavjavat mafijata.
    Many mafia bosses are being arrested.
    (literally, “Many arrests are beheading the mafia.”)

Conjugation