въпр. мест. what; няма ~ it can’t be helped; ~ думаш! you don’t say so! ~ за what kind/sort of; what manner of; what … like; ~ за идея/въпрос? what an idea/a question! ~ за идиот of all the idiots! ~ за човек е? what kind/sort/manner of man is he? what is he like? ~ рече? what did you say?

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относ. мест. what(ever), that; де ~ може wherever he can; направи ~ можеш do what/whatever you can; правя ~ правя whatever I do; • било ~ било let bygones be bygones; говоря за тоя ~ духа talk in vain/to the wind; за тоя ~ духа in vain; ще те прати за тоя ~ духа he’ll send you on a wild goose chase.

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въпр. нареч.
1. = защо̀;
2. (колкото) as; вървял ~ вървял after he had gone some way; едва ~ hardly; no sooner … than; едва ~ влязохме и той се развика we had hardly entered when he began to shout; ~ годе of a sort/kind; more or less; a little; ~ се отнася до мене as for me, as to me, as far as I am concerned, I for one;
3. (във възклиц. изреч.) how, how much; ~ ми е мило и драго how I rejoice; ~ пари е спечелил you can’t imagine how much money he has made; the money he has made; ~ пари ми струва the money it has cost me.