интерес

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интере́с • (interés) m

1. interest (a great attention and concern from someone or something)

   Гледах го с интерес.

   Gledah go s interes.

   I watched it with interest.

2. interest (a quality in a thing that attracts somebody's attention)
3. interest (a hobby)

   Главните ѝ интереси са музика и тенис.

   Glavnite ì interesi sa muzika i tenis.

   Her main interests are music and tennis.

4. interest (advantage)

   Тя действаше единствено в свой интерес.

   Tja dejstvaše edinstveno v svoj interes.

   She was acting entirely in her own interests.

5. interest (a business or amorous link or involvement)

   Имам бизнес интереси в Южна Африка.

   Imam biznes interesi v Južna Afrika.

   I have business interests in South Africa.

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интерес • (interes) m (plural интереси, relational adjective интересен)

1. interest (curiosity)
2. interest (advantage)

• интере́съ (interés) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Perhaps borrowed from Polish interes or German Interesse. In any case, ultimately from Latin interesse (“to make a difference, to concern, to matter”). First recorded in 1703, during the reign of Peter the Great.

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интере́с • (interés) m inan (genitive интере́са, nominative plural интере́сы, genitive plural интере́сов)

1. interest

   Э́то име́ет интере́с для вас. ― Éto iméjet interés dlja vas. ― This is of interest to you.

   в интере́сах ми́ра ― v interésax míra ― in the interest of peace

   • 1877, Лев Толстой [Leo Tolstoy], “Часть II Глава XVIIII”, in Анна Каренина; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., Anna Karenina, 1901:

     Полковы́е интере́сы занима́ли ва́жное ме́сто в жи́зни Вро́нского и потому́, что он люби́л полк, и ещё бо́лее потому́, что его́ люби́ли в полку́.

     Polkovýje interésy zanimáli vážnoje mésto v žízni Vrónskovo i potomú, što on ljubíl polk, i ješčó bóleje potomú, što jevó ljubíli v polkú.

     The interests of his regiment took an important place in Vronsky's life, both because he was fond of the regiment, and because the regiment was fond of him.

• интере́сный (interésnyj)
• интересова́ть (interesovátʹ)

• IPA^(key): /întereːs/
• Hyphenation: ин‧те‧рес

и̏нтере̄с m (Latin spelling ȉnterēs)

1. interest (all senses)