наложа

From Old Church Slavonic наложити (naložiti), from Proto-Slavic *naložiti (“to set up”).

• IPA^(key):

нало́жа • (nalóža) first-singular present indicative, pf (imperfective нала́гам)

1. (transitive) to stack, to pile up
2. (transitive) to lay on top of, to superimpose
3. (transitive) to apply (a medicinal substance, bandage, etc.)
4. (transitive) to impose

   Президентът наложи глоба на Китай.

   Prezidentǎt naloži globa na Kitaj.

   The President imposed a sanction on China.

5. (colloquial, transitive) to punish corporally
6. (reflexive) to require
7. (reflexive) to establish oneself (in a position of pre-eminence)

   Наложи се като могъщ шахматист.

   Naloži se kato mogǎšt šahmatist.

   He established himself as a powerful chess player.

8. (reflexive) to defeat in a competition

Most common in its reflexive third-person form. In this construction, наложа се is taken to mean it is necessary, etc., e.g.:

Наложи се да ядем удома.

Naloži se da jadem udoma.

It was necessary for us to eat at home.

Note that it is necessary is often abridged in translation to sb. must, has to, etc., depending on the formality of the context in question.