No. 419 in Bulgarian
спре
"Спре" in English means "stop" or "cease."
In a sentence
Шофьорът веднага спря колата.
The driver immediately stopped the car.
The verb 'спря' is used in the past tense to indicate the action of stopping something intentionally, such as halting a vehicle.
Може ли да спреш музиката за малко?
Could you stop the music for a moment?
The verb 'спреш,' as the second-person singular form of the aorist tense, is used here to politely request an action directed toward the listener.
Трябва да спрем на бензиностанция за гориво.
We need to stop at a gas station for fuel.
The verb 'спрем,' as the first-person plural form, expresses the necessity for the speaker and others included in the group to perform the action of halting at a specific location.
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