пръскам

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pъrskati / *prъskati (the two verbs have merged in Bulgarian).

пръ́скам • (prǎ́skam) first-singular present indicative, impf (perfective пръ́сна)

1. (transitive, intransitive)
   1. to spray, to spatter, to sprinkle
   2. to squirt, to splash (to wet surrounding areas with sprays or jets of liquid)
   3. to dabble (to cause splashing)
   4. (figurative) to sputter, to spew
2. (transitive)
   1. to scatter, to strew, to disperse
   2. (figurative) to squander, to dissipate

      пръскам пари на вятъра ― prǎskam pari na vjatǎra ― to waste money (literally, “to strew money onto the wind”)

3. (transitive, expressive)
   1. to burst, to break down violently
   2. to pop, to split (a blister, a swelling, a boil)
4. (reflexive with се)
   1. to spray, to sprinkle onto oneself
   2. (figurative) to burst into/with (+ от (ot))

      пръскам се от смях ― prǎskam se ot smjah ― to laugh one's head off (literally, “to burst with laughting”)

      пръскам се от яд ― prǎskam se ot jad ― to burst with anger

• бръ́згам (brǎ́zgam), бри́згам (brízgam, “to burst”) (dialectal)

• “пръскам”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “пръскам”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1901) “прь́скамь (прь́свамь, да прь́снѫ, прь́снувамь)”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. ‎ (in Bulgarian), volume 4, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 325
• Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “пръскам, пръсвам, пръсна”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 826