Inherited from Old Church Slavonic броити (broiti), from Proto-Slavic *brojiti.

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броя́ • (brojá) first-singular present indicative, impf

1. (intransitive)
   1. to count

      Броя до десет и идвам.

      Broja do deset i idvam.

      I'll count to ten and then I'm off.

2. (transitive or intransitive)
   1. to number (to possess or contain a number of people or things)

      София брои вече няколко милиона души.

      Sofija broi veče njakolko miliona duši.

      Sofia's population now numbers in the several millions.

3. (transitive)
   1. to count (determine the number of)

      Synonym: преброя́вам (prebrojávam)

      Броя всичките необятни звездни в небето.

      Broja vsičkite neobjatni zvezdni v nebeto.

      I'm counting all the unfathomable stars in the sky.

   2. to pay in cash (брой)

      Брой парите де. Няма да те чакам до други ден.

      Broj parite de. Njama da te čakam do drugi den.

      Go on, pay up. I won't wait for you forever.

   3. (colloquial, with като) to consider, to count as

      Synonyms: счи́там (sčítam), смя́там (smjátam)

      Нашият град брои Турците като добри партньори.

      Našijat grad broi Turcite kato dobri partnjori.

      Our city considers the Turks good partners.

   4. (often negative) to account for

      Не броя такива възможности вече, просто защото ни ми стигат нервите.

      Ne broja takiva vǎzmožnosti veče, prosto zaštoto ni mi stigat nervite.

      I don't account for such possibilities anymore, simply because my nerves aren't enough for that.

   5. (archaic) to measure (length, time, etc.)

      броя време ― broja vreme ― to count time

   6. to have existed a given length of time

      Този парламент брои вече пет години, и скоро ще дойде нов.

      Tozi parlament broi veče pet godini, i skoro šte dojde nov.

      This parliament has existed for five years already, and soon there will come another.

   7. (colloquial) to inspect closely, or research deeply

      Кво ме броиш, бе?

      Kvo me broiš, be?

      What you lookin' so closely for, eh?

• броени дни бързо минават (broeni dni bǎrzo minavat, literally “numbered days end quickly”)

• “броя”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “броя”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

• боря (borja)