Enough already!

Bulgarian translation: Достатъчно! (formal)/ Стига! (informal)

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English term or phrase:	Enough already!
Bulgarian translation:	Достатъчно! (formal)/ Стига! (informal)
Entered by:	Lady_Violina

17:21 Dec 13, 2007

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English term or phrase: Enough already!

Hi,

Many thanks for the excellent recent help.

The expression “Enough already!” is American English and is used when you have really had enough of something e.g. someone has called you a nickname you really don't like several times in a few minutes or keeps on and on asking you the same embarrassing question.

I'd be particularly interested to see if you can use повече as part of this expression.

All the best,

Simon

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Local time: 02:26

Достатъчно! (formal)/ Стига! (informal)

Explanation:
The phrase 'Enough already!' is forcing the speech in a way that is best translated by only 1 word in Bulgarian:
Достатъчно! (used for the more formal occasions)
or
Стига! (informal)
If you want in your translation to implicate the force this phrase has in American English, you'd better not include other words in your Bulgarian translation, being they вече, толкова, or any other - if you do that, you'd only decrease the enforcing sounding of the phrase in Bulgarian.
Here I've prepared a small

Comparative Table of the levels of enforcement involved in this phrase, where the most common English and Bulgarian translation variations are covered:

Highest level of enforcement:
Enough already! - Достатъчно! (formal)/ Стига! (informal)

Lower level of enforcement:
Enough! - Стига вече! / Стига толкова! / Престани! (informal only)

One have to know that while in the American English 'already' in this phrase increases the force involved, in Bulgarian language the strongest force is implied by one word only - the main imperative "Стига!" / "Достатъчно!", without any additional words .

Selected response from:

Lady_Violina
Local time: 02:26

Grading comment

many thanks excellent
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

5 +7

Стига вече!

Irena Alexieva

5 +2

Достатъчно! (formal)/ Стига! (informal)

Lady_Violina

3 +1

Стига толкова! / Писна ми вече от тебе!

Ivan Klyunchev

Престани!

serina (X)

Answers

3 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

enough already! Стига толкова! / Писна ми вече от тебе!

Explanation:
:-)

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Note added at 4 mins (2007-12-13 17:25:35 GMT)
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Няма да търпя повече!

Ivan Klyunchev
Bulgaria
Local time: 04:26
Native speaker of:

Bulgarian
PRO pts in category: 7

10 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +7

enough already! Стига вече!

Explanation:
"Повече" would be used in this phrase only by small kids who are developing their language skills. The correct expression uses "вече", which is a contracted version of "повече" and has a slightly different meaning similar to the first meaning of "already" = by or before the given or implied time. In other contexts, "вече" could mean "anymore".

Irena Alexieva
Cyprus
Local time: 04:26
Native speaker of:

Bulgarian

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

enough already!

Достатъчно! (formal)/ Стига! (informal)

Lady_Violina
Local time: 02:26
Native speaker of:

Bulgarian
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

many thanks excellent

15 hrs confidence:

enough already! Престани!

Explanation:
If someone calls me nicknames I would say to them "престани", which is a synonym of stop in the imperative, i.e. what you actually want them to do. The other expressions are a bit more formal.

serina (X)
Bulgaria
Local time: 04:26
Native speaker of:

Bulgarian

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