набирам

Frequentative of набера pf (nabera, “to pick up”).

наби́рам • (nabíram) first-singular present indicative, impf

1. (transitive) to gather, to pick [fruits, seeds, provisions]
2. (transitive) to accumulate, to aggregate, to muster

   набирам сили ― nabiram sili ― to gather strength

   набирам височина ― nabiram visočina ― to climb (literally, “to accumulate elevation”)

   набирам кураж ― nabiram kuraž ― to muster up courage

3. (transitive, figurative) to recruit, to contract [personnel, soldiers]

   набирам сезонни работници ― nabiram sezonni rabotnici ― to recruit seasonal workers

4. (transitive) to set up, to dial

   набирам 112 на телефона ― nabiram 112 na telefona ― to dial (emergency number) 112 on the phone

5. (reflexive with се) to wrinkle, to pucker, to form folds (of garments, fabric, paper)

   платът се е набрал ― platǎt se e nabral ― the cloth has wrinkled

6. (reflexive with се) to do pull-ups (upper body exercise)

• наби́ране (nabírane, “pull-up”)
• наби́рка (nabírka, “fold, wrinkle of a cloth”)

• “набирам”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “набирам”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov (1899) “наби́рамь (да набе́рѫ)”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 113

• IPA^(key): [ˈnabiɾam]

набирам • (nabiram)

1. first-person singular present indicative of набира (nabira)