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otírati to rub; to wipe; to rub off; to wipe away (ali off)

otírati pot s čela to wipe the sweat from one's brow
otírati potno čelo to mop (ali to wipe) one's sweaty (ali evfemizem perspiring) brow; to dry by wiping
otírati si solze to wipe one's tears away
otírati (se) z brisačo to dry oneself (ali to wipe oneself) with a towel, to give oneself a rub-down

otréti to rub; to wipe; to rub off; to wipe away (ali off); to dry by wiping; to rub down (z brisačo with a towel)

otréti si solze to dry one's tears
otréti (se) z brisačo to dry oneself (ali to wipe oneself) with a towel

otróci children pl; little ones pl; (potomstvo) issue, progeny, descendants pl, offspring

brez otrok childless, without issue
prijatelj otrok a friend of children
evakuacija otrok na deželo evacuation of children to the country
vzgoja otrok education of children
znižanje (voznine ipd.) za otroke reduction for children
otróci in norci govoré resnico children and fools tell the truth

otróčji childish; childlike; infantile

biti otróčji (figurativno senilen) to dote
ne bodi otróčji! be your age!
otróčja igra v primeri z child's play compared with
to je otróčje lahko it's as easy as pie, (ZDA as easy as falling off a log)

otrók child, pl children; (majhen) baby, babe, tot; (nedoleten) infant; (zaničljivo) brat

zakonski otrók legitimate child
nezakonski otrók illegitimate child, child born out of wedlock, bastard, natural child
otrók ljubezni love child
mrtvorojen otrók stillborn child
čudežen otrok infant prodigy
otrók brezdomec waif
brez otrok childless
ugrabitev otróka kidnapping
umor otróka, morilec, -lka otróka infanticide
varovalec, -lka baby-sitter
on je pravi otrók he is quite a child
ona pričakuje otróka she is with child (ali in the family way), she is an expectant mother
roditi otróka to give birth to a child
biti (krstni) boter otróku to stand sponsor to a child
varovati otróka (oziroma otroke) v odsotnosti staršev to baby-sit
ne biti več otrók to be no longer a child
on ni več otrók he is no longer a child
kot otrók se veseliti to be as pleased as Punch
dobiti (roditi) otróka to be delivered of a child
nobenega otróka ne več dobiti (roditi) to be past childbearing (ali childbearing age)
opekel otrók se boji ognja a burnt child dreads the fire

otvóriti to open; (svečano) to inaugurate; (napraviti dostopno) to make accessible

otvóriti ples to lead off the dance
otvóriti za promet to open to traffic
otvóriti kredit komu to open a credit account in favour of someone
otvóriti razstavo to open an exhibition
otvarjam... I declare the... open

óvca ewe; sheep (sg in pl)

čreda ovac a flock of sheep
črna, garjava óvca (figurativno) a black sheep, a carrion crow among the eagles
črna óvca v družini (figurativno) the black sheep of the family
izgubljena óvca (figurativno) a lost sheep
ograda za óvce sheepfold, (sheep) pen, sheepcote
pašnik za óvce sheep's pasture
rejec ovac sheep farmer, sheep breeder
reja ovac sheep farming, sheep breeding
striženje ovac sheepshearing

óvčji sheep's, sheep-; sheepish

óvčja čreda a flock of sheep
óvčja koža, kožuh sheepskin
óvčje meso lamb, mutton, sheep meat
óvčja staja sheepfold
óvčji sir sheep's milk cheese
óvčje usnje sheepskin, sheep's leather
óvčja volna sheep's wool

ovdovél -a widowed; bereaved

ovdovél, -aa mati a widowed mother

ovénčanje

ovénčanje z lovorom zgodovina crowning with laurels (ali with a laurel wreath)

ôves botanika oats pl

tu se goji mnogo ovsa a lot of oats is (ali are) grown here

ovínek turn, turning; detour; corner; (dolg) roundabout way; (cestni) bend, twist, wind; (rečni) meander

brez ovínkov (figurativno) bluntly, straight
po ovínkih (figurativno) indirectly, in a devious way
oster ovínek a hairpin bend
nepregleden ovínek blind corner
velik ovínek a long way round, a roundabout way (ali route)
napraviti ovínek to make a detour
napraviti velik ovínek to go a long way round
morali smo napraviti ovínek we had to take a roundabout way
je le majhen ovínek it's only a short way round
povem brez ovínkov I don't mince my words
po ovínkih sem zvedel, da... I have learned by devious ways that...
izjaviti brez ovínkov to declare bluntly
govoriti brez ovínkov to speak straight out
rezati ovínek to cut a corner
zaviti na desno po ovínku to take a right turn round the bend, to take the right turn

ovíra impediment, obstacle, hindrance; (nanada) check, (nepričakovana) snag; (zapora) bar, barrier; obstruction

večja ovíra a major obstacle
tek čez ovíre šport obstacle race, hurdle race, pogovorno hurdles pl
zakonska ovíra legal impediment
žične ovíre vojska barbed wire, barbed-wire entanglement
ni poti brez ovír no road is without obstacles
konj je padel pri prvi ovíri the horse fell at the first jump (ali fence)
delati ovíro, biti ovíra čemu to be in the way, to be (ali to constitute) an obstacle to something
naleteti na ovíre to run into obstacles
odstraniti vse ovíre to remove all obstacles
staviti komu ovíre na pot to set impediments in someone's way
naleteti na nepričakovano ovíro to come up against a snag

ovít wrapped

ovít v veiled in, shrouded with (diskrecijo discretion)
ovít v skrivnost wrapped in mystery
ovít v kopreno skrivnosti wrapped in a shroud of mystery
ovít z bršljanom ivied; ivy-clad

ovréči to disprove, to refute; to reverse; to cancel, to confute, to annul

ovréči razsodbo to reverse a verdict

ozádje background; back; rear

držati se v ozádju to stay (ali keep) in the background, (figurativno) to take a back seat
postaviti v ozádje to put (ali to place) in the rear
umakniti se v ozádje to recede into the background

ózek narrow; (tesen) tight; arhaično strait

ózki čevlji tight shoes pl
ózki samoglasniki close (ali narrow) vowels pl
v ožjem pomenu besede in the narrower sense of the word
ožji odbor a select committee
v ožjem smislu in a restricted sense, strictly speaking
ožja volitev second ballot

ozíroma respectively; or

moja otroka sta stara deset ozíroma štirinajst let my children are ten and fourteen years old respectively
pretekli ozíroma sedanji deležnik the past and present participle respectively
ta avtomobila sta vredna 5.000 ozíroma 7.000 funtov these cars are worth 5,000 and 7,000 pounds respectively
gledališče je ozíroma naj bi bilo središče kulturnega življenja the theatre is or should be a centre of cultural life
spomenik naj bi postavili na trgu ozíroma v parku they should put the monument up in the square or in the park

oznojèn sweating, evfemizem perspiring

biti ves oznojèn to be all of a sweat, to be in a sweat

oženíti to marry; to take for one's wife, to take in marriage, zastarelo to spouse; to wed

oženíti se to get married (z to), to marry, to take a wife
bogato se oženíti to marry an heiress