Lenguia | 1000 Most Common Bulgarian Words with Audio

Why these 1,000 words matter

Bulgarian vocabulary is astonishingly top-heavy: the 100 most frequent words make up about half of everything you will ever hear or read, and the top 1,000 cover roughly 85% of everyday speech. Learn these first and most sentences around you turn from noise into language.

The list below is ranked by how often each word actually occurs in spoken Bulgarian — dictionary forms, with concise English translations, the part of speech, the CEFR level at which learners typically meet the word, and audio for every word in a female and a male voice. Show the top 250, 500 or all 1,000, and flip to A–Z when you want to look something up.

#	Word	Translation	Part of speech	Level
1	и	and	conjunction	A1
2	да	to (subjunctive marker); yes	particle	A1
3	на	on, to, of	preposition	A1
4	се	oneself (reflexive particle)	particle	A1
5	в	in, into, at	preposition	A1
6	не	not, no	particle	A1
7	че	that (conjunction)	conjunction	A1
8	е	is (3rd person sg. of "to be")	verb	A1
9	за	for; about; to	preposition	A1
10	с	with; by means of	preposition	A1
11	а	and, but; whereas	conjunction	A1
12	то	it; then	pronoun	A1
13	от	from, of, out of	preposition	A1
14	по	along; by; according to	preposition	A1
15	но	but	conjunction	A1
16	ще	will (future marker)	particle	A1
17	си	to/for oneself (reflexive dative); you are	particle	A1
18	как	how	adverb	A1
19	ти	you (singular, informal); also the short dative "to you"	pronoun	A1
20	аз	I	pronoun	A1
21	той	he	pronoun	A1
22	съм	to be (I am)	verb	A1
23	имам	to have	verb	A1
24	това	this, that; it	pronoun	A1
25	като	as, like; when	conjunction	A1
26	го	him, it (short object pronoun)	pronoun	A1
27	ме	me (short object pronoun)	pronoun	A1
28	ги	them (short object pronoun)	pronoun	A1
29	ние	we	pronoun	A1
30	тя	she	pronoun	A1
31	има	there is; has (3rd person sg.)	verb	A1
32	ли	question particle	particle	A1
33	ако	if	conjunction	A1
34	там	there	adverb	A1
35	вече	already	adverb	A1
36	му	to him, his (short dative pronoun)	pronoun	A1
37	кой	who, which	pronoun	A1
38	само	only, just	adverb	A1
39	или	or	conjunction	A1
40	ама	but (colloquial)	conjunction	A2
41	ви	you, to you (short object pronoun, pl./polite)	pronoun	A1
42	този	this (masculine)	determiner	A1
43	какво	what	pronoun	A1
44	много	much, many, very	adverb	A1
45	още	still, yet, more	adverb	A1
46	към	towards, to	preposition	A1
47	вие	you (plural / polite)	pronoun	A1
48	те	they	pronoun	A1
49	при	at, by; to (a person)	preposition	A1
50	сега	now	adverb	A1
51	до	to, up to; next to	preposition	A1
52	ни	us, to us (short object pronoun)	pronoun	A1
53	където	where (relative)	adverb	A1
54	който	who, which, that (relative)	pronoun	A1
55	мога	to be able, can	verb	A1
56	без	without	preposition	A1
57	тук	here	adverb	A1
58	кога	when	adverb	A1
59	един	one; a, an	number	A1
60	човек	person, man, human	noun	A1
61	сме	we are (1st person pl. of "to be")	verb	A1
62	защо	why	adverb	A1
63	моля	please; to ask, request	verb	A1
64	нещо	something, thing	pronoun	A1
65	някога	ever, sometime, once	adverb	A2
66	знам	to know	verb	A1
67	са	are (3rd person pl. of "to be")	verb	A1
68	искам	to want	verb	A1
69	през	through; during; across	preposition	A1
70	та	so, and so (colloquial connector)	conjunction	A2
71	винаги	always	adverb	A1
72	ами	well; but (colloquial)	particle	A2
73	кажа	to say, to tell (perfective)	verb	A1
74	правя	to do, to make	verb	A1
75	време	time; weather	noun	A1
76	вода	water	noun	A1
77	ден	day	noun	A1
78	над	above, over	preposition	A1
79	под	under, below	preposition	A1
80	добре	well, okay, fine	adverb	A1
81	така	so, thus, that way	adverb	A1
82	после	afterwards, then, later	adverb	A1
83	няма	there is no; will not	verb	A1
84	мой	my, mine	pronoun	A1
85	твой	your, yours (informal)	pronoun	A1
86	наш	our, ours	pronoun	A1
87	негов	his	pronoun	A1
88	също	also, too, as well	adverb	A1
89	нали	right?, isn't it? (tag particle)	particle	A2
90	дори	even	particle	A2
91	дом	home, house	noun	A1
92	между	between, among	preposition	A1
93	ставам	to become; to get up	verb	A1
94	малко	a little, few; slightly	adverb	A1
95	виждам	to see	verb	A1
96	къде	where	adverb	A1
97	него	him (full object pronoun)	pronoun	A1
98	мен	me (full object pronoun)	pronoun	A1
99	тях	them (full object pronoun)	pronoun	A1
100	нея	her (full object pronoun)	pronoun	A1
101	добър	good, kind	adjective	A1
102	нов	new	adjective	A1
103	голям	big, large; great	adjective	A1
104	малък	small, little	adjective	A1
105	идвам	to come	verb	A1
106	отивам	to go (somewhere)	verb	A1
107	влизам	to enter, to go in	verb	A2
108	излизам	to exit, to go out	verb	A2
109	година	year	noun	A1
110	път	road, way; time (occasion)	noun	A1
111	хора	people (suppletive plural of "person")	noun	A1
112	къща	house	noun	A1
113	мисля	to think	verb	A1
114	давам	to give	verb	A1
115	вземам	to take	verb	A1
116	нейн	her, hers (possessive)	pronoun	A1
117	им	to them, their (short dative pronoun)	pronoun	A1
118	я	her, it (short object pronoun)	pronoun	A1
119	всичко	everything, all	pronoun	A1
120	всеки	each, every, everyone	determiner	A1
121	някой	someone, somebody, some	pronoun	A1
122	онзи	that (over there, masculine)	determiner	A2
123	тази	this (feminine)	determiner	A1
124	работа	work, job; matter	noun	A1
125	място	place, spot; seat	noun	A1
126	живот	life	noun	A1
127	ръка	hand, arm	noun	A1
128	око	eye	noun	A1
129	глава	head; chapter	noun	A1
130	дете	child	noun	A1
131	майка	mother	noun	A1
132	баща	father	noun	A1
133	жена	woman; wife	noun	A1
134	мъж	man; husband	noun	A1
135	приятел	friend	noun	A1
136	град	city, town	noun	A1
137	страна	country; side	noun	A1
138	свят	world	noun	A1
139	нощ	night	noun	A1
140	сутрин	morning	noun	A1
141	седмица	week	noun	A1
142	месец	month	noun	A1
143	час	hour; o'clock	noun	A1
144	обичам	to love, to like	verb	A1
145	намирам	to find	verb	A1
146	говоря	to speak, to talk	verb	A1
147	казвам	to say, to tell	verb	A1
148	чувам	to hear	verb	A1
149	гледам	to watch, to look	verb	A1
150	слушам	to listen	verb	A1
151	разбирам	to understand	verb	A1
152	питам	to ask	verb	A1
153	отговарям	to answer, to reply	verb	A2
154	работя	to work	verb	A1
155	живея	to live	verb	A1
156	ям	to eat	verb	A1
157	пия	to drink	verb	A1
158	спя	to sleep	verb	A1
159	чета	to read	verb	A1
160	пиша	to write	verb	A1
161	играя	to play	verb	A1
162	уча	to learn, to study	verb	A1
163	започвам	to begin, to start	verb	A2
164	свършвам	to finish, to end	verb	A2
165	нужен	necessary, needed	adjective	A2
166	трябва	must, have to; is needed	verb	A1
167	помагам	to help	verb	A1
168	кола	car	noun	A1
169	пари	money	noun	A1
170	книга	book	noun	A1
171	име	name	noun	A1
172	дума	word	noun	A1
173	въпрос	question; issue	noun	A2
174	отговор	answer, reply	noun	A2
175	проблем	problem	noun	A2
176	семейство	family	noun	A1
177	училище	school	noun	A1
178	учител	teacher	noun	A1
179	студент	student	noun	A2
180	храна	food	noun	A1
181	хляб	bread	noun	A1
182	маса	table	noun	A1
183	стая	room	noun	A1
184	врата	door	noun	A1
185	прозорец	window	noun	A2
186	улица	street	noun	A1
187	дърво	tree; wood	noun	A2
188	цвят	colour; flower	noun	A2
189	слънце	sun	noun	A1
190	небе	sky, heaven	noun	A2
191	земя	earth, land, ground	noun	A2
192	море	sea	noun	A1
193	планина	mountain	noun	A2
194	стар	old	adjective	A1
195	хубав	nice, beautiful, good	adjective	A1
196	лош	bad	adjective	A1
197	важен	important	adjective	A2
198	различен	different	adjective	A2
199	същ	same	adjective	A2
200	цял	whole, entire	adjective	A1
201	друг	other, another	adjective	A1
202	първи	first	number	A1
203	последен	last, final	adjective	A2
204	висок	tall, high	adjective	A2
205	нисък	low, short	adjective	A2
206	дълъг	long	adjective	A2
207	къс	short (in length)	adjective	A2
208	труден	difficult, hard	adjective	A2
209	лесен	easy	adjective	A2
210	богат	rich	adjective	A2
211	беден	poor	adjective	A2
212	силен	strong	adjective	A2
213	слаб	weak; thin	adjective	A2
214	топъл	warm	adjective	A1
215	студен	cold	adjective	A1
216	бял	white	adjective	A1
217	черен	black	adjective	A1
218	червен	red	adjective	A1
219	зелен	green	adjective	A1
220	син	son; (also the adjective "blue")	noun	A1
221	жълт	yellow	adjective	A2
222	сърце	heart	noun	A2
223	глас	voice; vote	noun	A2
224	крак	leg, foot	noun	A1
225	лице	face; person	noun	A2
226	коса	hair	noun	A2
227	уста	mouth	noun	A2
228	тяло	body	noun	A2
229	кръв	blood	noun	A2
230	здраве	health	noun	A2
231	болен	sick, ill	adjective	A2
232	лекар	doctor	noun	A1
233	болница	hospital	noun	A2
234	седя	to sit	verb	A1
235	стоя	to stand; to stay	verb	A1
236	вървя	to walk, to go on foot	verb	A1
237	тичам	to run	verb	A2
238	нося	to carry, to wear, to bring	verb	A1
239	слагам	to put, to place	verb	A2
240	отварям	to open	verb	A1
241	затварям	to close, to shut	verb	A2
242	купувам	to buy	verb	A1
243	продавам	to sell	verb	A2
244	плащам	to pay	verb	A2
245	струвам	to cost; to be worth	verb	A2
246	търся	to look for, to search	verb	A2
247	губя	to lose; to waste	verb	A2
248	печеля	to win, to earn	verb	A2
249	помня	to remember	verb	A2
250	забравям	to forget	verb	A2
251	чакам	to wait	verb	A1
252	срещам	to meet	verb	A2
253	познавам	to know (a person), to recognize	verb	A2
254	държа	to hold, to keep	verb	A2
255	вярвам	to believe	verb	A2
256	чувствам	to feel (се)	verb	A2
257	смея	to laugh (се); to dare	verb	A2
258	плача	to cry, to weep	verb	A2
259	радвам	to be glad (се)	verb	A2
260	страхувам	to be afraid (се)	verb	A2
261	надявам	to hope (се)	verb	A2
262	опитвам	to try (се); to taste	verb	A2
263	решавам	to decide; to solve	verb	A2
264	обяснявам	to explain	verb	A2
265	показвам	to show	verb	A2
266	разказвам	to tell (a story), to recount	verb	A2
267	звъня	to ring, to call (by phone)	verb	A2
268	обаждам	to call, to phone (се)	verb	A2
269	телефон	phone, telephone	noun	A1
270	компютър	computer	noun	A2
271	снимка	photo, picture	noun	A2
272	филм	film, movie	noun	A1
273	музика	music	noun	A1
274	песен	song	noun	A2
275	игра	game	noun	A2
276	история	story; history	noun	A2
277	език	language; tongue	noun	A1
278	урок	lesson	noun	A2
279	работник	worker	noun	A2
280	началник	boss, chief	noun	A2
281	заплата	salary, wage	noun	B1
282	цена	price	noun	A2
283	магазин	shop, store	noun	A1
284	пазар	market	noun	A2
285	ресторант	restaurant	noun	A2
286	кафе	coffee; café	noun	A1
287	чай	tea	noun	A1
288	мляко	milk	noun	A1
289	месо	meat	noun	A2
290	плод	fruit	noun	A2
291	зеленчук	vegetable	noun	A2
292	ябълка	apple	noun	A2
293	сол	salt	noun	A2
294	захар	sugar	noun	A2
295	вино	wine	noun	A2
296	бира	beer	noun	A2
297	готвя	to cook	verb	A2
298	спирам	to stop	verb	A2
299	продължавам	to continue	verb	A2
300	връщам	to return, to give back (се)	verb	A2
301	тръгвам	to set off, to leave	verb	A2
302	пристигам	to arrive	verb	A2
303	пътувам	to travel	verb	A2
304	летя	to fly	verb	A2
305	карам	to drive; to make (someone do)	verb	A2
306	влак	train	noun	A1
307	самолет	airplane	noun	A2
308	автобус	bus	noun	A1
309	билет	ticket	noun	A2
310	гара	station	noun	A2
311	летище	airport	noun	A2
312	хотел	hotel	noun	A1
313	село	village	noun	A2
314	държава	state, country	noun	A2
315	народ	people, nation	noun	A2
316	война	war	noun	A2
317	мир	peace; world	noun	A2
318	закон	law	noun	B1
319	право	right; law (field)	noun	B1
320	власт	power, authority	noun	B1
321	правителство	government	noun	B1
322	сила	strength, force, power	noun	A2
323	дух	spirit; ghost	noun	B1
324	душа	soul	noun	B1
325	бог	god	noun	A2
326	смърт	death	noun	A2
327	любов	love	noun	A2
328	страх	fear	noun	A2
329	надежда	hope	noun	A2
330	радост	joy	noun	A2
331	тъга	sadness, sorrow	noun	B1
332	мисъл	thought	noun	B1
333	идея	idea	noun	A2
334	мнение	opinion	noun	B1
335	причина	reason, cause	noun	B1
336	начин	way, manner, method	noun	A2
337	случай	case, occasion, chance	noun	A2
338	пример	example	noun	A2
339	част	part	noun	A2
340	край	end; region, edge	noun	A2
341	начало	beginning, start	noun	A2
342	ред	order; row, line	noun	A2
343	число	number	noun	A2
344	ниво	level	noun	B1
345	вид	kind, type; appearance	noun	A2
346	група	group	noun	A2
347	система	system	noun	B1
348	план	plan	noun	A2
349	цел	goal, aim, target	noun	B1
350	резултат	result	noun	B1
351	успех	success	noun	A2
352	грешка	mistake, error	noun	A2
353	опит	attempt; experience	noun	B1
354	нужда	need	noun	B1
355	помощ	help, aid	noun	A2
356	услуга	service, favour	noun	B1
357	полза	benefit, use	noun	B1
358	обществен	public, social	adjective	B1
359	сигурен	sure, certain; safe	adjective	A2
360	възможен	possible	adjective	B1
361	истински	real, genuine, true	adjective	B1
362	верен	faithful, loyal; correct	adjective	B1
363	прав	right, correct; straight	adjective	A2
364	готов	ready; finished	adjective	A1
365	пълен	full; complete	adjective	A2
366	празен	empty	adjective	A2
367	чист	clean; pure	adjective	A2
368	мръсен	dirty	adjective	A2
369	красив	beautiful, handsome	adjective	A1
370	грозен	ugly	adjective	A2
371	млад	young	adjective	A1
372	бърз	fast, quick	adjective	A2
373	бавен	slow	adjective	A2
374	тежък	heavy; hard	adjective	A2
375	лек	light (weight); easy	adjective	A2
376	широк	wide, broad	adjective	A2
377	тесен	narrow; tight	adjective	B1
378	дебел	thick; fat	adjective	A2
379	тънък	thin	adjective	B1
380	скъп	expensive; dear	adjective	A2
381	евтин	cheap	adjective	A2
382	вкусен	tasty, delicious	adjective	A2
383	гладен	hungry	adjective	A2
384	жаден	thirsty	adjective	B1
385	уморен	tired	adjective	A2
386	весел	cheerful, merry	adjective	A2
387	тъжен	sad	adjective	A2
388	ядосан	angry	adjective	B1
389	спокоен	calm, quiet	adjective	B1
390	доволен	satisfied, pleased	adjective	B1
391	щастлив	happy	adjective	A2
392	нещастен	unhappy, miserable	adjective	B1
393	интересен	interesting	adjective	A2
394	скучен	boring	adjective	B1
395	известен	famous; known	adjective	B1
396	странен	strange, odd	adjective	B1
397	опасен	dangerous	adjective	B1
398	свободен	free; vacant	adjective	A2
399	зает	busy; occupied	adjective	A2
400	близък	close, near	adjective	A2
401	далечен	far, distant	adjective	B1
402	ляв	left	adjective	A2
403	десен	right (side)	adjective	A2
404	горе	up, above; upstairs	adverb	A2
405	долу	down, below; downstairs	adverb	A2
406	напред	forward, ahead	adverb	A2
407	назад	back, backwards	adverb	A2
408	вън	outside, out	adverb	A2
409	вътре	inside, in	adverb	A2
410	значи	so, it means, therefore	adverb	A2
411	наблизо	nearby	adverb	B1
412	надалеч	far away	adverb	B1
413	навсякъде	everywhere	adverb	B1
414	никъде	nowhere	adverb	A2
415	някъде	somewhere	adverb	A2
416	рано	early	adverb	A2
417	късно	late	adverb	A2
418	скоро	soon	adverb	A2
419	веднага	immediately, at once	adverb	A2
420	изведнъж	suddenly	adverb	B1
421	понякога	sometimes	adverb	A2
422	често	often	adverb	A2
423	рядко	rarely, seldom	adverb	B1
424	никога	never	adverb	A2
425	обикновено	usually	adverb	B1
426	отново	again	adverb	A2
427	заедно	together	adverb	A2
428	сам	alone; by oneself	adjective	A2
429	наистина	really, truly	adverb	A2
430	вероятно	probably	adverb	B1
431	сигурно	probably, surely	adverb	A2
432	почти	almost, nearly	adverb	A2
433	съвсем	completely, entirely	adverb	B1
434	напълно	fully, completely	adverb	B1
435	изобщо	at all; in general	adverb	B1
436	повече	more	adverb	A1
437	най	most (superlative particle)	particle	A2
438	толкова	so, so much	adverb	A2
439	колко	how much, how many	adverb	A1
440	достатъчно	enough, sufficiently	adverb	B1
441	особено	especially, particularly	adverb	B1
442	например	for example	adverb	B1
443	обаче	however	conjunction	B1
444	въпреки	despite, in spite of	preposition	B1
445	затова	therefore, that is why	adverb	A2
446	защото	because	conjunction	A1
447	докато	while, until	conjunction	A2
448	преди	before; ago	preposition	A1
449	след	after	preposition	A1
450	откакто	since (the time when)	conjunction	B1
451	освен	besides, except	preposition	B1
452	според	according to	preposition	B1
453	заради	because of, for the sake of	preposition	B1
454	около	around, about	preposition	A2
455	срещу	against; opposite	preposition	B1
456	чрез	through, by means of	preposition	B1
457	всъщност	actually, in fact	adverb	B1
458	ето	here (is), there (is) — presentative	particle	A2
459	дали	whether	particle	A2
460	нека	let (us); may	particle	B1
461	дано	let's hope, I wish that	particle	B1
462	стига	enough!, stop!; as long as	particle	B1
463	хайде	come on, let's go	interjection	A2
464	здравей	hello, hi	interjection	A1
465	чао	bye	interjection	A1
466	благодаря	thank you; to thank	verb	A1
467	извинявам	to excuse, to apologize (се)	verb	A2
468	съжалявам	to be sorry, to regret	verb	A2
469	ах	ah, oh (exclamation)	interjection	A2
470	ей	hey	interjection	A2
471	аха	aha, uh-huh	interjection	A2
472	случвам	to happen (се)	verb	A2
473	изглеждам	to look, to seem, to appear	verb	A2
474	означавам	to mean, to signify	verb	B1
475	касая	to concern, to be about (се)	verb	B2
476	днес	today	adverb	A1
477	появявам	to appear, to show up (се)	verb	B1
478	изчезвам	to disappear, to vanish	verb	B1
479	променям	to change (something)	verb	B1
480	развивам	to develop (се)	verb	B2
481	създавам	to create	verb	B1
482	използвам	to use	verb	A2
483	приемам	to accept; to receive	verb	B1
484	отказвам	to refuse, to give up (се)	verb	B1
485	позволявам	to allow, to permit	verb	B1
486	утре	tomorrow	adverb	A1
487	вчера	yesterday	adverb	A1
488	предлагам	to offer, to suggest	verb	B1
489	обещавам	to promise	verb	B1
490	заповядвам	to order, to command; welcome (as invitation)	verb	B1
491	минута	minute	noun	A1
492	благодарен	grateful, thankful	adjective	B1
493	внимавам	to pay attention, to be careful	verb	B1
494	куче	dog	noun	A1
495	проверявам	to check, to verify	verb	B1
496	откривам	to discover, to find; to open	verb	B1
497	скривам	to hide (се)	verb	B1
498	предпочитам	to prefer	verb	B1
499	котка	cat	noun	A1
500	успявам	to succeed, to manage	verb	B1
501	легло	bed	noun	A1
502	завися	to depend	verb	B1
503	участвам	to participate, to take part	verb	B1
504	подготвям	to prepare (се)	verb	B1
505	стол	chair	noun	A1
506	управлявам	to manage, to govern, to drive	verb	B2
507	ръководя	to lead, to direct	verb	B2
508	служа	to serve	verb	B1
509	защитавам	to protect, to defend	verb	B2
510	строя	to build	verb	B1
511	разрушавам	to destroy, to demolish	verb	B2
512	поправям	to repair, to fix, to correct	verb	B1
513	чупя	to break (се)	verb	B1
514	режа	to cut	verb	B1
515	мия	to wash (се)	verb	A2
516	чистя	to clean	verb	A2
517	обличам	to dress, to put on (се)	verb	A2
518	събличам	to undress (се)	verb	B2
519	обувам	to put on shoes (се)	verb	B1
520	дреха	garment, piece of clothing	noun	A2
521	риза	shirt	noun	A2
522	панталон	trousers, pants	noun	A2
523	обувка	shoe	noun	A2
524	шапка	hat, cap	noun	A2
525	палто	coat	noun	B1
526	рокля	dress	noun	A2
527	организирам	to organize	verb	B2
528	провалям	to fail, to ruin (се)	verb	B2
529	шкаф	cupboard, wardrobe	noun	B1
530	кухня	kitchen	noun	A2
531	баня	bathroom; bath	noun	A2
532	покрив	roof	noun	B1
533	таван	ceiling; attic	noun	B1
534	стена	wall	noun	A2
535	ключ	key	noun	A2
536	огън	fire	noun	A2
537	въздух	air	noun	A2
538	вятър	wind	noun	A2
539	дъжд	rain	noun	A1
540	сняг	snow	noun	A1
541	облак	cloud	noun	A2
542	звезда	star	noun	A2
543	луна	moon	noun	A2
544	река	river	noun	A2
545	езеро	lake	noun	B1
546	гора	forest	noun	A2
547	поле	field	noun	B1
548	камък	stone	noun	A2
549	пясък	sand	noun	B1
550	цвете	flower	noun	A2
551	трева	grass	noun	B1
552	лист	leaf; sheet (of paper)	noun	A2
553	животно	animal	noun	A2
554	наблюдавам	to observe, to watch	verb	B2
555	заслужавам	to deserve	verb	B2
556	кон	horse	noun	A2
557	птица	bird	noun	A2
558	риба	fish	noun	A1
559	мечка	bear	noun	B1
560	муха	fly (insect)	noun	B2
561	пиле	chicken	noun	A2
562	яйце	egg	noun	A2
563	дядо	grandfather	noun	A1
564	баба	grandmother	noun	A1
565	вуйчо	uncle (mother's brother)	noun	B1
566	дъщеря	daughter	noun	A1
567	брат	brother	noun	A1
568	сестра	sister	noun	A1
569	съпруг	husband, spouse	noun	A2
570	съпруга	wife	noun	A2
571	внук	grandson, grandchild	noun	B1
572	момче	boy	noun	A1
573	момиче	girl	noun	A1
574	бебе	baby	noun	A2
575	роднина	relative	noun	B1
576	съсед	neighbour	noun	A2
577	гост	guest	noun	A2
578	враг	enemy	noun	B1
579	дружба	friendship	noun	B1
580	среща	meeting; date	noun	A2
581	разговор	conversation	noun	A2
582	писмо	letter	noun	A2
583	вестник	newspaper	noun	A2
584	списание	magazine	noun	B1
585	новина	news, piece of news	noun	A2
586	текст	text	noun	B1
587	изречение	sentence	noun	B1
588	буква	letter (of the alphabet)	noun	A2
589	звук	sound	noun	B1
590	смисъл	meaning, sense	noun	B1
591	знание	knowledge	noun	B1
592	наука	science	noun	B1
593	изкуство	art	noun	B1
594	култура	culture	noun	B1
595	природа	nature	noun	A2
596	общество	society	noun	B1
597	човечество	humankind, humanity	noun	B2
598	век	century, age	noun	A2
599	съществувам	to exist	verb	B2
600	секунда	second	noun	A2
601	момент	moment	noun	A2
602	миг	instant, moment	noun	B1
603	забранявам	to forbid, to prohibit	verb	B2
604	изисквам	to require, to demand	verb	B2
605	съветвам	to advise	verb	B2
606	тогава	then, at that time	adverb	A2
607	етап	stage, phase	noun	B2
608	период	period	noun	B1
609	епоха	era, epoch	noun	B2
610	бъдеще	future	noun	B1
611	минало	past	noun	B1
612	настояще	present (time)	noun	B2
613	дата	date	noun	A2
614	празник	holiday, festival	noun	A2
615	рожден	birth (as in birthday, "рожден ден")	adjective	A2
616	подарък	gift, present	noun	A2
617	изненада	surprise	noun	B1
618	сватба	wedding	noun	B1
619	обич	love, affection	noun	B1
620	целувка	kiss	noun	B1
621	прегръдка	hug, embrace	noun	B2
622	усмивка	smile	noun	B1
623	сълза	tear	noun	B1
624	смях	laughter	noun	B1
625	болка	pain, ache	noun	A2
626	мъка	suffering, torment	noun	B2
627	гняв	anger, rage	noun	B2
628	вина	guilt, fault	noun	B1
629	срам	shame	noun	B1
630	гордост	pride	noun	B2
631	кураж	courage	noun	B2
632	смелост	bravery, courage	noun	B2
633	мечта	dream (aspiration)	noun	B1
634	сън	dream (while sleeping); sleep	noun	A2
635	желание	wish, desire	noun	B1
636	намерение	intention	noun	B2
637	решение	decision; solution	noun	B1
638	избор	choice; election	noun	B1
639	възможност	possibility, opportunity	noun	B1
640	условие	condition	noun	B2
641	обстоятелство	circumstance	noun	B2
642	ситуация	situation	noun	B1
643	състояние	state, condition	noun	B2
644	положение	position, situation	noun	B2
645	отношение	relation, attitude	noun	B2
646	връзка	connection, relationship; link	noun	B1
647	разлика	difference	noun	B1
648	сравнение	comparison	noun	B2
649	промяна	change	noun	B1
650	развитие	development	noun	B2
651	растеж	growth	noun	B2
652	напредък	progress	noun	B2
653	движение	movement; traffic	noun	B1
654	скорост	speed	noun	B1
655	посока	direction	noun	B1
656	разстояние	distance	noun	B1
657	размер	size, dimension	noun	B1
658	тегло	weight	noun	B2
659	форма	form, shape	noun	B1
660	количество	quantity, amount	noun	B2
661	качество	quality	noun	B1
662	стойност	value, worth	noun	B2
663	сметка	bill, account; calculation	noun	B1
664	данък	tax	noun	B2
665	банка	bank	noun	A2
666	кредит	credit, loan	noun	B2
667	дълг	debt; duty	noun	B2
668	обяд	lunch	noun	A1
669	вечеря	dinner, supper	noun	A1
670	умен	clever, smart	adjective	A2
671	политика	politics; policy	noun	B1
672	партия	party (political)	noun	B2
673	избори	elections	noun	B2
674	президент	president	noun	A2
675	министър	minister	noun	B2
676	гражданин	citizen	noun	B2
677	общност	community	noun	B2
678	организация	organization	noun	B1
679	компания	company; companionship	noun	A2
680	фирма	firm, company	noun	A2
681	офис	office	noun	A2
682	фабрика	factory	noun	B1
683	машина	machine	noun	A2
684	инструмент	tool, instrument	noun	B2
685	уред	device, appliance	noun	B2
686	техника	technology; technique	noun	B2
687	мрежа	network; net	noun	B2
688	страница	page	noun	A2
689	сайт	website	noun	B1
690	съобщение	message	noun	B1
691	данни	data	noun	B2
692	информация	information	noun	B1
693	документ	document	noun	B1
694	договор	contract, agreement	noun	B2
695	подпис	signature	noun	B2
696	печат	stamp, seal; press	noun	B2
697	заглавие	title, heading	noun	B2
698	превод	translation	noun	B2
699	роман	novel	noun	B1
700	разказ	short story, tale	noun	B1
701	стихотворение	poem	noun	B2
702	автор	author	noun	B1
703	писател	writer	noun	B1
704	герой	hero; character	noun	B1
705	театър	theatre	noun	B1
706	сцена	stage; scene	noun	B1
707	роля	role	noun	B1
708	актьор	actor	noun	B1
709	концерт	concert	noun	A2
710	оркестър	orchestra	noun	B2
711	танц	dance	noun	A2
712	картина	painting, picture	noun	A2
713	музей	museum	noun	A2
714	изложба	exhibition	noun	B2
715	спорт	sport	noun	A2
716	отбор	team	noun	B1
717	мач	match, game	noun	B1
718	победа	victory, win	noun	B1
719	загуба	loss, defeat	noun	B2
720	топка	ball	noun	A2
721	играч	player	noun	B1
722	треньор	coach, trainer	noun	B2
723	правило	rule	noun	B1
724	закуска	breakfast; snack	noun	A2
725	богатство	wealth, riches	noun	B2
726	бедност	poverty	noun	B2
727	ястие	dish (food)	noun	B2
728	супа	soup	noun	A2
729	салата	salad	noun	A2
730	сирене	cheese	noun	A2
731	масло	butter; oil	noun	A2
732	ориз	rice	noun	A2
733	картоф	potato	noun	A2
734	домат	tomato	noun	A2
735	лук	onion	noun	B1
736	чушка	pepper (vegetable)	noun	B1
737	портокал	orange	noun	A2
738	грозде	grapes	noun	B1
739	ядка	nut	noun	B2
740	вкус	taste, flavour	noun	B1
741	мирис	smell, odour	noun	B2
742	аромат	aroma, scent	noun	B2
743	глад	hunger	noun	B1
744	жажда	thirst	noun	B2
745	апетит	appetite	noun	B2
746	почивка	rest, break; holiday	noun	B1
747	ваканция	vacation	noun	A2
748	пътуване	trip, journey	noun	B1
749	разходка	walk, stroll	noun	B1
750	приключение	adventure	noun	B2
751	опасност	danger	noun	B1
752	безопасност	safety, security	noun	B2
753	риск	risk	noun	B2
754	злополука	accident	noun	B2
755	пожар	fire (destructive)	noun	B2
756	наводнение	flood	noun	B2
757	буря	storm	noun	B1
758	мълния	lightning	noun	B2
759	гръм	thunder	noun	B2
760	мъгла	fog, mist	noun	B2
761	лед	ice	noun	A2
762	топлина	warmth, heat	noun	B1
763	студ	cold (the cold)	noun	B1
764	светлина	light	noun	A2
765	сянка	shadow, shade	noun	B1
766	тъмнина	darkness	noun	B2
767	блясък	shine, gleam, glow	noun	B2
768	сив	grey	adjective	A2
769	кафяв	brown	adjective	A2
770	розов	pink	adjective	B1
771	светъл	light (colour), bright	adjective	B1
772	тъмен	dark	adjective	A2
773	ярък	bright, vivid	adjective	B2
774	мек	soft	adjective	B1
775	твърд	hard, firm; solid	adjective	B1
776	гладък	smooth	adjective	B2
777	остър	sharp	adjective	B2
778	кръгъл	round	adjective	B1
779	крив	crooked, bent	adjective	B2
780	сух	dry	adjective	A2
781	мокър	wet	adjective	A2
782	дълбок	deep	adjective	B1
783	плитък	shallow	adjective	B2
784	празничен	festive	adjective	B2
785	обикновен	ordinary, common	adjective	B1
786	необходим	necessary, essential	adjective	B2
787	полезен	useful	adjective	B1
788	вреден	harmful	adjective	B2
789	способен	capable, able	adjective	B2
790	икономика	economy	noun	B2
791	глупав	stupid, silly	adjective	A2
792	мъдър	wise	adjective	B2
793	смел	brave, bold	adjective	B1
794	страхлив	cowardly	adjective	B2
795	мил	kind, sweet, dear	adjective	A2
796	жесток	cruel	adjective	B2
797	честен	honest	adjective	B1
798	справедлив	fair, just	adjective	B2
799	виновен	guilty	adjective	B2
800	невинен	innocent	adjective	B2
801	горд	proud	adjective	B1
802	скромен	modest, humble	adjective	B2
803	нежен	gentle, tender	adjective	B2
804	груб	rude, coarse	adjective	B1
805	учтив	polite	adjective	B2
806	внимателен	careful, attentive	adjective	B1
807	постигам	to achieve, to attain	verb	B1
808	осъзнавам	to realize, to become aware	verb	B2
809	предполагам	to suppose, to assume	verb	B1
810	съмнявам	to doubt (се)	verb	B2
811	убеждавам	to convince, to persuade	verb	B2
812	доказвам	to prove	verb	B1
813	отричам	to deny	verb	B2
814	признавам	to admit, to recognize	verb	B1
815	твърдя	to claim, to assert	verb	B2
816	споменавам	to mention	verb	B2
817	подчертавам	to emphasize, to underline	verb	B2
818	описвам	to describe	verb	B1
819	определям	to define, to determine	verb	B2
820	сравнявам	to compare	verb	B1
821	разграничавам	to distinguish, to differentiate	verb	B2
822	анализирам	to analyze	verb	B2
823	оценявам	to evaluate, to appreciate	verb	B2
824	изчислявам	to calculate	verb	B2
825	измервам	to measure	verb	B1
826	броя	to count	verb	A2
827	събирам	to gather, to collect; to add	verb	B1
828	разделям	to divide, to separate	verb	B1
829	увеличавам	to increase	verb	B1
830	намалявам	to decrease, to reduce	verb	B1
831	разширявам	to expand, to widen	verb	B2
832	ограничавам	to limit, to restrict	verb	B2
833	заменям	to replace, to substitute	verb	B2
834	превръщам	to turn into, to convert (се)	verb	B2
835	прилагам	to apply; to enclose	verb	B2
836	изпълнявам	to fulfil, to carry out, to perform	verb	B1
837	осъществявам	to realize, to implement	verb	B2
838	осигурявам	to provide, to ensure	verb	B2
839	подкрепям	to support	verb	B1
840	насърчавам	to encourage	verb	B2
841	преча	to hinder, to obstruct	verb	B2
842	преодолявам	to overcome	verb	B2
843	справям	to cope, to manage (се)	verb	B2
844	рискувам	to risk	verb	B1
845	страдам	to suffer	verb	B1
846	жертвам	to sacrifice (се)	verb	B2
847	спасявам	to save, to rescue	verb	B1
848	унищожавам	to annihilate, to wipe out	verb	B2
849	убивам	to kill	verb	B1
850	ранявам	to wound, to injure	verb	B2
851	нападам	to attack	verb	B1
852	защитя	to defend, to protect (perfective)	verb	B2
853	воювам	to wage war, to fight	verb	B2
854	побеждавам	to defeat, to win	verb	B2
855	предавам	to betray; to hand over (се)	verb	B2
856	подчинявам	to subordinate, to obey (се)	verb	B2
857	заповед	order, command	noun	B2
858	войник	soldier	noun	B1
859	армия	army	noun	B1
860	оръжие	weapon	noun	B1
861	битка	battle	noun	B2
862	победител	winner	noun	B2
863	жертва	victim; sacrifice	noun	B2
864	престъпление	crime	noun	B2
865	престъпник	criminal	noun	B2
866	крадец	thief	noun	B2
867	полиция	police	noun	A2
868	полицай	police officer	noun	A2
869	съд	court; judgement	noun	B2
870	съдия	judge	noun	B2
871	адвокат	lawyer	noun	B2
872	затвор	prison	noun	B2
873	наказание	punishment	noun	B1
874	закононарушение	offence, violation of the law	noun	B2
875	справедливост	justice	noun	B2
876	свобода	freedom, liberty	noun	B1
877	равенство	equality	noun	B2
878	отговорност	responsibility	noun	B1
879	задължение	obligation, duty	noun	B1
880	задача	task; problem	noun	B1
881	предизвикателство	challenge	noun	B2
882	усилие	effort	noun	B2
883	труд	labour, toil; work	noun	B1
884	умение	skill, ability	noun	B2
885	способност	ability, capability	noun	B2
886	талант	talent	noun	B2
887	професия	profession	noun	B1
888	кариера	career	noun	B2
889	длъжност	position, post (job)	noun	B2
890	заплащане	payment, remuneration	noun	B2
891	безработица	unemployment	noun	B2
892	образование	education	noun	B1
893	университет	university	noun	A2
894	знания	knowledge (as a body of learning)	noun	B1
895	изпит	exam	noun	A2
896	оценка	grade, mark; assessment	noun	B1
897	диплома	diploma, degree	noun	B2
898	изследване	research, study	noun	B2
899	откритие	discovery	noun	B2
900	изобретение	invention	noun	B2
901	теория	theory	noun	B2
902	практика	practice	noun	B1
903	метод	method	noun	B2
904	процес	process	noun	B1
905	явление	phenomenon	noun	B2
906	общ	common, general	adjective	B1
907	конкретен	concrete, specific	adjective	B2
908	основен	basic, fundamental, main	adjective	B1
909	главен	main, chief, principal	adjective	B1
910	допълнителен	additional, supplementary	adjective	B2
911	частен	private; particular	adjective	B2
912	официален	official	adjective	B2
913	личен	personal	adjective	B1
914	национален	national	adjective	B2
915	международен	international	adjective	B2
916	местен	local	adjective	B2
917	съвременен	modern, contemporary	adjective	B2
918	традиционен	traditional	adjective	B2
919	естествен	natural	adjective	B2
920	изкуствен	artificial	adjective	B2
921	реален	real, actual	adjective	B1
922	въображаем	imaginary	adjective	B2
923	сложен	complex, complicated	adjective	B1
924	прост	simple; plain	adjective	B1
925	ясен	clear; sunny	adjective	B1
926	неясен	unclear, vague	adjective	B2
927	точен	exact, precise; punctual	adjective	B1
928	подобен	similar	adjective	B2
929	противоположен	opposite	adjective	B2
930	постоянен	permanent, constant	adjective	B2
931	временен	temporary	adjective	B2
932	редовен	regular	adjective	B2
933	случаен	random, accidental	adjective	B2
934	вероятен	probable, likely	adjective	B2
935	невъзможен	impossible	adjective	B1
936	достъпен	accessible, available	adjective	B2
937	подходящ	suitable, appropriate	adjective	B2
938	ефективен	effective, efficient	adjective	B2
939	успешен	successful	adjective	B1
940	популярен	popular	adjective	B1
941	влияние	influence	noun	B2
942	значение	meaning; significance	noun	B1
943	важност	importance	noun	B2
944	ценност	value (moral/abstract)	noun	B2
945	принцип	principle	noun	B2
946	идеал	ideal	noun	B2
947	истина	truth	noun	B1
948	лъжа	lie; to lie	noun	B1
949	тайна	secret	noun	B1
950	загадка	riddle, mystery	noun	B2
951	чудо	miracle, wonder	noun	B2
952	съдба	fate, destiny	noun	B2
953	късмет	luck	noun	A2
954	спомен	memory, recollection	noun	B1
955	въображение	imagination	noun	B2
956	съзнание	consciousness, awareness	noun	B2
957	разум	reason, intellect	noun	B2
958	чувство	feeling, emotion	noun	B1
959	настроение	mood	noun	B1
960	характер	character, personality	noun	B1
961	навик	habit	noun	B1
962	поведение	behaviour	noun	B2
963	постъпка	deed, act	noun	B2
964	намеса	interference, intervention	noun	B2
965	подкрепа	support	noun	B2
966	съгласие	agreement, consent	noun	B2
967	спор	argument, dispute	noun	B1
968	кавга	quarrel, row	noun	B2
969	конфликт	conflict	noun	B2
970	напрежение	tension, strain	noun	B2
971	стрес	stress	noun	B1
972	умора	fatigue, tiredness	noun	B2
973	болест	illness, disease	noun	A2
974	лечение	treatment, cure	noun	B2
975	лекарство	medicine, drug	noun	A2
976	операция	operation, surgery	noun	B2
977	рана	wound	noun	B1
978	зараза	infection, contagion	noun	B2
979	ваксина	vaccine	noun	B2
980	температура	temperature; fever	noun	A2
981	кашлица	cough	noun	B2
982	грип	flu	noun	B1
983	зъб	tooth	noun	A2
984	кожа	skin; leather	noun	B1
985	кост	bone	noun	B1
986	мускул	muscle	noun	B2
987	мозък	brain	noun	B2
988	дроб	lung; liver	noun	B2
989	стомах	stomach	noun	B1
990	гърло	throat	noun	B1
991	гръб	back (body)	noun	B1
992	рамо	shoulder	noun	B1
993	коляно	knee	noun	B2
994	пръст	finger; soil	noun	B1
995	нокът	nail (finger/toe)	noun	B2
996	ухо	ear	noun	A2
997	нос	nose	noun	A2
998	вежда	eyebrow	noun	B2
999	усещане	sensation, feeling	noun	B2
1000	дъх	breath	noun	B2

Showing the top 1000 of 1000 words, by frequency · audio: female voice

Put the list to work

Frequently asked questions

Why learn Bulgarian words by frequency?

Word frequency is brutally top-heavy: a small core of words does almost all the work in everyday speech. Learning in frequency order front-loads exactly those words, so every hour of study unlocks the largest possible share of real conversations, shows and books — instead of textbook chapter vocabulary you might not meet for months.

How many Bulgarian words do I need to understand conversations?

The 100 most common Bulgarian words already cover roughly half of everyday speech, the top 1,000 around 85%, and about 2,500–3,000 words push you past 95%. That last stretch is the long tail — but this list is the highest-value first mile: master it and most sentences you hear will be built from words you know.

What do the CEFR levels next to the words mean?

Each word carries the CEFR level (A1–B2) at which learners typically study it. Most of the top 1,000 is A1–A2 — high frequency and beginner vocabulary largely overlap — with the tail reaching into B1–B2. If the B1 and B2 words in the list feel unfamiliar, that is a normal place for an A2 learner to be.

How was the audio made?

Every word was recorded individually with two studio-grade neural text-to-speech voices — one female, one male — so you can hear each word in isolation and compare pronunciations. Use the voice toggle above the table to switch; the clips are short, natural and free to replay as often as you like.

Is this a list of dictionary forms or word forms?

Bulgarian is written in Cyrillic and, uniquely among Slavic languages, has no noun cases and no verb infinitive. Verbs are therefore listed in their citation form, the first-person singular present (съм 'to be', имам 'to have', правя 'to do'); nouns appear in their bare form, without the definite article, which Bulgarian attaches as a suffix (-ът/-та/-то).

How should I study this list?

Don't memorize it top to bottom in one go. Work in slices (the Top 250 view is a good first target), listen to every word as you review it, and meet the same words in context as fast as possible — graded stories and podcasts at your level are where frequency vocabulary actually sticks. Spaced-repetition flashcards work well for the concrete nouns and verbs in the tail.

Don't just read the list — learn it

Lenguia turns vocabulary like this into a daily Bulgarian plan: graded stories and podcasts built from high-frequency words, spaced-repetition flashcards, grammar, writing and speaking practice — all at exactly your level.

Start learning Bulgarian

How many of these words do you already know?

Take the free Bulgarian placement test — grammar, reading, vocabulary, listening, writing and speaking, graded A1 to C1 — and find out exactly where to start in this list.

Take the free Bulgarian test

More Bulgarian Tools

Bulgarian CEFR Level Test

Find out your bulgarian CEFR level

Bulgarian Listening Test

Grade your bulgarian listening with real audio (A1–C1)

Bulgarian Reading Test

Find your bulgarian reading level (A1–C1)

Bulgarian Grammar Test

50 questions to grade your bulgarian grammar (A1–C1)

Bulgarian Vocabulary Level Test

Grade your bulgarian vocabulary from A1 to C1

Bulgarian Writing Test

AI-assessed bulgarian writing test (A1–C1)

Bulgarian Speaking Test

AI-assessed bulgarian speaking test (A1–C1)

How Long to Learn Bulgarian?

Calculate your bulgarian timeline by level and study pace

Bulgarian Stories

Read bulgarian stories at your level