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hodíti to walk; to go (on foot); to march

peš hodíti to go on foot, arhaično to pedestrianize
hodíti v črnem to wear black, to be in black
hodíti sem in tja to walk up and down
hodíti naokrog to circulate, to move round
hodíti po rokah to walk on one's hands
hodíti korakoma to go step by step
hodíti hitreje kot (kdo) to outmarch (someone)
tiho hodíti to tread (ali to walk) softly, to walk noiselessly
s težavo, s trudom hodíti to plod on, to plod along
hodite desno! keep to the right!
hodíti pred kom to walk before someone, to precede someone, (kazati pot) to show the way, to lead the way
hodíti za kom to walk behind someone, to follow someone
hodíti (gaziti) po snegu to wade through the snow
hodíti po vseh štirih to go on all fours
hodíti po prstih to walk on tiptoe, to tiptoe
otrok že hodi the child can already walk
prepovedano je hodíti po trati! keep off the grass!
hodi k vragu! go to hell!
hodíti na sprehod to go for a walk
hodíti na delo to go to work

húd bad; evil; (čas, doba) hard; (rana) bad, (občutljiva) sore; (jezen) angry; ZDA sore, mad

húda bolezen serious illness
húda bolečina great pain
húdi časi hard times pl
húd kašelj a bad cough
húd mraz a very severe frost
húd veter sharp wind
húda vročica (mrzlica) a virulent fever
húda vročina intense heat
húda ura thunderstorm
nič húdega sluteč unsuspecting
ta je pa že prehuda! this is outrageous!
delati húdo kri figurativno to create ill-feeling
nič húdega ti ne delam I do you no harm
nič húdega ne mislim (nočem) I don't mean any harm
nič húdega ni v tem there is no harm in it
ne bom ti naredil nič húdega I shall not hurt you
ona ima húd jezik she has a wicked (ali spiteful, malevolent) tongue
nič húdega ne nameravati (misliti) to mean no harm
nič húdega ne vidim v tem I don't see anything bad in it
biti húd na koga to be angry with someone, to be cross with someone, to be furious (ali mad) with someone
húd je name ZDA he is mad with me, VB he is angry with me
v najhujšem primeru at the worst; in the worst case
če pride do najhujšega if the worst comes to the worst
če bi se zgodilo najhujše if it comes to the worst
najhujše še pride the worst is yet to come
húdo (prislov) badly
toliko hujše! all the worse!; so much the worse
vedno hujše worse and worse
bodi pripravljen na najhujše! be prepared for the worst!
húdo se motiš there you are greatly mistaken
húdo mi je, da (ker) ne morem priti I feel sorry that I cannot come
ni tako húdo, kot je videti (figurativno) his bark is worse than his bite
húdo je z njim he is badly off, he is in a bad way, he is unwell
húdo (trda) je za denar money is scarce
saj ni tako húdo! it is not so bad (as you think)
mnogo húdega prestati (figurativno) to go through hell, to have a rough time

imenován named, called; termed

na kratko imenován called for short
zgoraj imenováni, že imenováni g. X. the said (ali above-named) Mr. X
(že) imenováni zdravnik the said physician
biti imenován za (za vrhovnega poveljnika) to be appointed (Commander-in-Chief) ➞ imenovati

izvléči to draw out; to pull (to drag, to tug) out; to extract (iz from); to get out; (zob) to extract

izvléči mrežo iz vode to haul the net in
izvléči iz žepa to pull out of one's pocket
izvléči z žrebom to draw lots
nisem mogel izvléči besede iz njega I could not get a word out of him
izvléči koga iz težave to extricate someone from a difficulty
izvléči se to extricate oneself, to disentangle oneself
izvléči se (iz bolezni) to pull through
izvléči se iz škripcev to get out of a scrape
se bo že znal kako izvléči iz tega he'll manage to wriggle out of it

jáviti to let someone know, to make known, (s pismom) to write (ali to send word); to communicate; to give notice; (obvestiti) to inform, to notify, to advise, to apprise, to announce, to report; arhaično to give out (ali forth)

jáviti komu kaj to notify someone of something
jáviti se (pojaviti se) to appear, (prijaviti se) (osebno) to report, to present oneself, (s pismom) to send word of oneself, to give some sign of life
jáviti se (za razpisano mesto) to apply for, to offer oneself for
jáviti se k izpitu to enter for an examination
že mesec dni se mi ni javil I have not heard from him for a month, it's a month since I last heard from him
kot je že bilo javljeno as already announced (ali reported)
javite mi, prosim... please let me know..., please send me word...
javila se je pri nas she has called on us, she has called round to see us
tujci se morajo jáviti policiji foreigners must report to the Police

kadíti to smoke, to have a smoke; (v cerkvi s kadilnico) to incense

kadíti se to smoke
kadíti prepovedano! no smoking!, no smoking allowed here!, don't smoke!
kadíti cigareto za cigareto to chain-smoke
kadíti kot Turek to smoke like a chimney
že dve leti ne kadim I have not smoked for two years
toliko je kadil, da mu je postalo slabo he has smoked himself sick
včasih kadim pipo I sometimes smoke a pipe
ta cigara se ne kadi dobro this cigar does not smoke well
kadi se it's smoky
od konj se je kar kadilo the horses were steaming
kadíti komu (figurativno) to matter someone
kadíti se (dimiti se) to smoulder
peč se kadi the stove is smoking

káj what

káj še? what else?
káj zdaj? what now?, how now?, well?
káj ti je? káj je s teboj? what's the matter with you?
káj mi mar! what do I care!
káj šele let alone
ah, káj! go on!, stuff and nonsense!
káj ne poveš! you don't say!
ne, káj takega! well, I never!
torej káj? so what?
je káj upanja? is there any hope?
káj še, on (pa) že ne! not he!
káj storiti? what can we do?, what's to be done?
káj pomaga, káj koristi jokati? what is the use of crying?, it is no use crying
káj se je tedaj, potem zgodilo? what happened then?
imate káj novic? have you any news?
na káj misliš? what are you thinking about, what's on your mind?
povej mi, káj si slišal! tell me what you heard!
káj ko bi tudi ti prišel? what if you came too?
meso, kruh, vino in ne vem káj še vse meat, bread, wine, and what not
ne morem si káj, da se ne bi smejal I can't help laughing

kakó how; in what way

kakó to? how so?
kakó lepó! how beautiful!
kakó daleč? how far?
kakó to, da... how comes it that..., how come that...
kakó vraga... how the deuce..., how the devil..., how the dickens...?
kakó, prosim? I beg your pardon, pogovorno pardon?; what was that?, what did you say?
kakó se počutiš? how do you feel?
kakó stara je? how old is she?
kakó dolgo ste že v Ljubljani? how long have you been in Ljubljana?
kakó je z vstopnicami? what about the tickets?
kakó lepo jutro! what a lovely morning!
kakó sem vesel, da te vidim! how pleased I am to see you!
kakó je nesrečna! how unhappy she is!
kakó mu je ime? what is his name?
kakó imenujete to (rečete temu) po angleško (v angleščini)? what do you call this in English?
kakó to, da si še vedno tu? how is it you're still here?
ne razumem, kakó je to možno I do not understand how this can be
nihče ne ve kakó mu je uspelo no one knows how he has done
kakó vendar... how on earth...
pa še kakó! and how
Se lahko poslužim vašega telefona? - Kako, da ne! May I use your telephone? - Why, yes! of course!

kapljáti to drip; to dribble; to trickle; to ooze; to fall in small drops

že kapljá some drops are falling already

kdáj when; (at) what time

od kdáj since when
sploh kdáj ever
do kdáj till when, how long
kdáj si ga videl? when did you see him?
do kdáj boš ostal? how long will you be staying?
od kdáj ste (že) tu? how long have you been here?
kdáj se je to zgodilo? when did it happen?
do kdáj bomo čakali? how long shall we wait?
od kdáj je tvoje pismo? what is the date of your letter?
ne vem, kdáj bo prišel domov I don't know when he'll be home
ste bili (sploh) kdáj v Londonu? have you ever been to London?

kér because

kér (pač) as, since
ni mogel priti, kér je bil bolan he could not come because he was ill
kér je deževalo, nismo šli na pot as it was raining, we did not start
kér se ti ne ljubi iti, lahko ostaneš doma as you don't feel like coming, you can stay at home
kér mi (že, pač) ne verjameš... since you don't believe me...
kér ni nič boljšega for want of something better

kljúč key; glasba clef

altovski kljúč alto clef
basovski kljúč bass clef
violinski kljúč treble clef
navojni kljúč tehnika spanner; (vitrih) skeleton key; (od vseh sob v določenem poslopju) master key
kljúč od hišnih vrat, patentni kljúč latchkey; (serpentina, rida) hairpin bend
pod kljúčem (figurativno) under lock and key
tat je že pod kljúčem the thief is already under lock and key
imeti pod kljúčem (zaklenjeno) to have under lock and key
hraniti pod kljúčem to keep under lock and key
kljúč problema je v... the key to the question lies in...
projekt »na kljúč« turnkey project

knjíga book; (nevezana) loose-leaf (ali unbound) book; (zvezek) volume

blagajniška knjíga cashbook
kuharska knjíga cookery book
Bela knjíga politika White Paper
glavna knjíga trgovina ledger
priročna knjíga handbook, manual, reference book
šolska knjíga textbook, school book
vezana (broširana) knjíga bound (stitched) book
knjíga z najboljšo prodajo (uspešnica) bestseller
zemljiška knjíga land registry, estate register
antikvarična, že rabljena knjíga secondhand book
dolgočasna knjíga a dull book
kiosk za prodajo knjíg bookstall
omara za knjíge bookcase
polica za knjíge bookshelf; pl -lves
stojalo za knjíge ZDA bookrack
naslov knjíge title of a book
razstava knjíg book exhibition
ljubitelj, zbiratelj knjíg booklover, bibliophile, bibliomaniac
izposojevalnica knjíg lending library, circulating library
vsebina knjíge contents pl, subject matter
pravica ponatisa knjíge copyright
prodajalec knjíg bookseller
darilno nakazilo za knjígo book token
pisec knjíg writer (of books), author
brati, čitati iz knjíge to read from a book
knjíga se dobro bere the book reads well
ta knjíga se dobro prodaja this book sells well
knjíga je razprodana the book is sold out
knjíga je zaplenjena the book has been seized ali confiscated
izdati knjígo to bring out, to publish a book
govoriti kot iz knjíge to speak like a book
predelati knjígo to study a book thoroughly
sedeti vedno pri (svojih) knjígah to be always poring over one's books
vnesti v knjígo to record, to enter in the book(s)
voditi knjíge to keep books
založiti (izdati) knjígo to publish, to bring out a book

kómaj scarcely; hardly

kómaj..., že... (ko...) no sooner... than
kómaj kaj scarcely anything
kómaj kdaj hardly ever
kómaj kdo hardly anyone
kómaj 20 let je star he is only just (ali scarcely) twenty
kómaj ga poznam I scarcely know him
kómaj (da) si upam I hardly dare
kómaj je ušel (za las je ušel) he had a narrow escape, he had a narrow squeak
to moreš kómaj (skoraj ne moreš) pričakovati you can hardly expect that
kómaj je mogel govoriti he was hardly able to speak
kómaj verjamem svojim očem I can hardly believe my eyes
kómaj še, da je bil vljuden he was barely polite
kómaj smo (še) ujeli vlak we only just caught the train
imam kómaj še dovolj volne, da spletem par nogavic I have only just enough wool left to knit a pair of socks
kómaj je spregovoril, ko... he had scarcely spoken when...
kómaj sem začel brati, že je stopil oče v sobo no sooner had I begun to read than my father entered the room

kríž cross; (razpelo) crucifix; (pri kartah) club (s pl); anatomija loins pl, the small of the back; (živalski) croup; (konjski) crupper; (goveji) rump; figurativno affliction, grief, sorrow, tribulation

Rdeči kríž Red Cross
kljukasti kríž swastika, hooked cross
grški (latinski, Andrejev) kríž Greek (Latin, St. Andrew's) cross
malteški kríž Maltese cross
Južni kríž astronomija the Southern Cross
vrtljiv kríž (pri vhodu itd.) turnstile
trganje, bolečine v krížu medicina lumbago
snemanje s kríža religija descent from the cross, deposition
kríž me boli my back aches
imeti že štiri kríže (= 40 let) za seboj to be on the wrong side of forty
še ne imeti štirih krížev za seboj to be on the right side of forty
kríž napraviti (pokrižati se) to cross oneself, to make the sign of the cross
vsak mora nositi svoj kríž (figurativno) everyone must bear his own cross
napraviti kríž čez kaj (figurativno) to give something up as lost
prebresti vse kríže in težave to come through all the troubles and tribulations
hrabro prenašati svoje kríže to bear one's tribulations bravely
pribiti na kríž to nail to the cross
umreti na krížu to die on the cross

léto year; arhaično, pesniško twelvemonth

koledarsko léto calendar (ali civil) year
šolsko léto school year
akademsko léto academic year
navadno léto common (365-day) year
prestopno léto leap year, bissextile year
tekoče léto the current year
cerkveno léto church year
preteklo léto last year
prihodnje léto next year
sončno léto solar (ali astronomical) year
staro léto old year
Novo léto New Year, New Year's Day
srečno novo léto! Happy New Year!
nora, nerodna léta (figurativno) years pl of indiscretion, the awkward age
v létu Gospodovem religija in the year of Our Lord (A.D.), in the year of grace
enkrat na léto once a year
v létu 1950 in nineteen (hundred and) fifty
na starega léta dan on New Year's Eve
v cvetju (svojih) lét in the prime of life
skozi vse léto odprto open all the year round
v poznejših létih in after years
v 70ih létih in the '70s
v teku léta in the course of the year
vsako léto every year
iz léta v léto, léto za létom year by year, year after year, year in year out, from year's end to year's end
pol léta six months
tri četrtine léta nine months
četrt léta three months
ob létu within a year
(skozi) vse léto all the year round, from one year's end to another
v létu 1910 in (the year) 1910
v enem létu in a year's time, arhaično this day twelvemonth
v zadnjih létih of late (ali recent) years
léto dni trajajoč year-long
pred mnogimi léti many years ago (ali since, back)
že mnogo, precéj lét for many years past
z léti with the years
v starosti 50 lét at the age of fifty
po mnogih létih after many years
že nekaj lét (sém) for some years past
pred létom dni a year ago
30 funtov na léto 30 pounds a year (ali per annum)
za prihodnja léta for years to come
danes léto (dni) (bodočnost) twelve months from now, twelve months today, a year hence, (za preteklost) a year ago (ali since, back)
konec léta year-end, close of the year
biti že v létih to be advanced in years, to be well on in years
biti iz svojih najboljših lét to be past one's best
on je že čez 50 (let star) he is on the wrong (ali humoristično shady) side of 50
on še ni 50 (let star) he is on the right (ali sunny) side of 50
10 lét star deček a ten-year-old boy
mlad za svoja léta young for his years
v najlepših létih in the prime of life
ona ne kaže svojih lét she does not look her age
iti v léta to be getting on in years
priti v léta to come to a good age, to get old, to begin to grow old
ona je mojih lét she is my age
priti iz norih lét to sow one's wild oats
dobro nositi svoja léta to bear one's age well
stopiti v novo léto to usher in the New Year
léta bežijo the years race by
umrla je v starosti 20 lét she died at the age of twenty
bistra je za svoja léta she is clever for her age
ta revija izhaja dvakrat na léto this magazine comes out twice a year, this magazine is a biannual (ali semiannual)
čez 7 lét vse prav pride every little helps

mísel thought; idea

v míslih in mind, in one's thoughts
bogat z míslimi rich (ali fertile) in ideas
istih mísli like-minded, of the same mind
zatopljen v mísli engrossed (ali sunk, lost in thought)
vodilna mísel chief (ali principal) idea
že sama mísel na to the mere thought of it, merely thinking of it
prenos mísli thought-transference
branje mísli thoughtreading
svoboda mísli freedom of thought, free thought
črne mísli mi rojé po glavi I am in the doldrums
njegovo ime mi ne pride na mísel his name has slipped my memory
često vas imam v míslih you are often in my thoughts
kako si prišel na to mísel? what put such an idea into your head?
njegova edina mísel je, kako priti do denarja his sole thought is to make money
priti komu na mísel to be remembered by someone, to come (back) to mind, to be in someone's thoughts
nikoli mi ni to prišlo na mísel it never entered my head (ali my mind)
na mísel mi pride it occurs to me, it comes into (ali it crosses) my mind, I discover (da... that)
imeti samó eno mísel to have but one thing in mind (ali one thought)
tolar bi dal, da bi (zdajle) vedel za tvoje mísli! (figurativno)a penny for your thoughts!, a penny for them!
v glavo mi je šinila mísel, da... it suddenly occurred to me, the thought struck me that...
ne morem slediti tvoji mísli I don't follow you, I don't get your drift, I don't see what you're driving at
v míslih te vidim I can see you in my mind (ali in my mind's eye)
ni mu prišlo na mísel, da bi plačal svoj dolg he had no thought of paying his debt
brati, uganiti mísli koga to read someone's thoughts
želja je rodila mísel the wish is father to the thought
zaupati komu svoje mísli to open one's mind to someone
ne morem se znebiti, (otresti) te mísli I cannot banish (dismiss) this thought from my mind, I cannot get rid of this idea
kolikor glav, toliko mísli many men, many minds
še na mísel mi ne pride, da bi to storil I would not dream of doing it

mórati to have to, to be obliged (ali forced, compelled) to; to be bound

vlak mora priti ob petih the train is due at five
moram I must
to mora še priti that is still (ali yet) to come
tu mora biti kaka napaka there must be some mistake
to bi ti moral vedeti you ought to know that
to bi mi ti moral poprej povedati you ought to have told me that before
to bi moralo biti (do) sedaj že pripravljeno it ought to be ready by now
zdravniki so mu morali odrezati nogo the doctors had (ali have had) to amputate his leg
moral je oditi (= najbrž je odšel) he must have left, I suppose he is gone
on mora vedno prepozno priti he always has to be late
moram se smejati, ko (če) (vidim) I cannot help laughing when (I see)...
žal mi je, da moram reči... I am sorry to say...
mora biti bolan he must be ill, most likely he is ill, he is presumably ill
to mora biti it is unavoidable
on mora vedno imeti zadnjo besedo he always will have the last word
moral je umreti he was doomed to die
tudi če bi moral umreti, bi še vedno rekel... even though I were to die for it, I would still say...
to knjigo morate (nujno) brati this book is a must for you
mora biti (= gotovo je čez) 70 let star he must be over seventy

mŕtev dead; (umrli, rajni) deceased, late

mŕtvi pl the dead; (brez življenja) lifeless, inanimate, inert; (brezčuten) insensible, benumbed, hardened (za against); (ugasel) extinct; past; (neproduktiven) idle
na pol mŕtev half-dead
mŕtev kot hlod stone dead, as dead as a doornail, dead as mutton
bolj mŕtev kot živ more dead than alive; more than half-dead
ves mŕtev na kaj dead keen on something, crazy about something, pogovorno into something
že davno mŕtev dead and gone
stoj, ali pa si mŕtev! stop, or you're a dead man!
mŕtev jezik dead language
mŕtva barva dull (ali lifeless) colour
mŕtev kapital unemployed (ali frozen) capital
mŕtva kopriva dead nettle
Mrtvo morje the Dead Sea
mŕtva sezona dead (ali off) season
mŕtva tišina dead silence
mŕtva oseba the deceased, dead person; vojska casualty
mŕtev tir dead-end siding
mŕtev kót dead ground, shielded angle, blind spot
mŕtva veja dead branch
mŕtva teža dead weight
mŕtva straža vojska forlorn hope
mŕtev prostor dead area
mŕtva točka tehnika dead centre, dead point, (figurativno) deadlock, standstill
mŕtev tek tehnika lost motion, šport dead heat
kraljestvo mrtvih kingdom (ali realm) of the dead
sežig(anje) mrtvih cremation, incineration
smo na mŕtvi točki (figurativno) we are at a standstill
stvar je prišla na mŕtvo točko it came to a deadlock
pogajanja so prišla na mŕtvo točko the negotiations have come to a deadlock (ali to a dead end, to a standstill)
denar mu leži mŕtev v blagajni his money lies dead in a safe
biti ves mŕtev na kaj to be mad (ali crazy) about something, to be dead (ali mad) keen on something
delati se mrtvega to feign death, to sham dead
pretepsti do mŕtvega to beat black and blue
proglasiti za mŕtvega to declare someone dead, to officially pronounce someone dead
zbuditi (vstati) od mrtvih to raise (to rise) from the dead
zgruditi se mŕtev to drop dead, to die in one's boots, ZDA to die in one's tracks

naigráti se to play to one's heart's content; to get tired (ali weary) of playing; to have had enough playing

ko se bo naigrala s teboj, te bo zapustila when she's had enough of you, she'll drop you
noče več kartati, se je že naigral he doesn't want to play (cards) any more, he's had enough