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zapómniti si to keep (ali to bear) in mind, not to forget, to memorize; to remember; to commit to memory, to retain (in one's mind, in one's memory); to mark

zapómniti si si melodijo to memorize a tune
ona si ne more zapómniti si imen she cannot remember names
to sem si dobro zapomnil it sank deep into my mind
zapomni si, kaj ti pravim! remember what I tell you!
nisem si zapomnil njegovega imena his name has escaped me
zapomnite si moje besede! you mark my words!, ZDA get this straight!
ne morem si zapómniti si datumov I have no head for dates
dobro si zapomni tole! take note of this!, take this to heart!
zapomnil si bom to! I'll not forget that!
zapomnil si te bom! I'll remember you!

zapostáviti zapostávljati to give preference to another

zapostáviti, zapostávljati koga to keep someone in the background; to slight someone, to ignore someone; to discriminate (nasproti komu against someone); to neglect someone; to treat someone with disdain
zapostáviti, zapostávljati kaj čemu to subordinate something to something

zaprosíti to ask, to request (za kaj something), to make a request (for something); to make (oziroma to send, to put in) an application (for)

zaprosíti za roko to ask for someone's hand in marriage, to propose (marriage)
zaprosíti za koga, za kaj to apply to someone, for something
zaprosíti za mir to sue for peace; (rotiti) to entreat

zaslúžiti to earn, to gain (z delom by work); (kazen, pohvalo) to merit, to deserve, to be worthy (of), to be entitled (to), to have a right (to)

zaslúžiti mnogo denarja to earn a lot of money
zaslúžiti kazen to deserve punishment
on zasluži pomoč he deserves helping
zasluži, da zmaga he deserves to win
upal je, da bo pri tem kaj zaslužil he hoped to make some profit by it
ta denar sem (si) zaslužil s poštenim delom I earned this money by honest labour
on je to popolnoma zaslužil he has fully deserved it
dobiti, kar smo zaslužili to meet with one's deserts, to get one's deserts

zatrjeváti to affirm, to assert

zatrjeváti komu kaj to assure someone of something
zatrjuje, da je nedolžen he maintains (ali protests) his innocence

zaúpati to confide (v in), to trust, to rely upon, to have confidence (in)

zaúpati v kaj, čému to put (ali arhaično to repose) trust in something, to have faith in something, to feel one can rely on (ali upon) something
zaúpati komu kaj to entrust something to someone (ali someone with something)
zaupamo mu we confide in him
ne zaúpati komu to distrust someone
ne zaupaj mu svoje ure! don't trust him with your watch!
zaupaj sreči! trust to luck!
zaúpati komu to admit (ali to take) someone into one's confidence
človek, ki mu ni zaúpati a man not to be trusted
ali lahko zaupamo njegovi besedi? can his word be trusted?
lahko ji zaupamo svoje otroke we can trust her with our children
zaupajoč v svetlejšo bodočnost trusting in a brighter future
zaúpati se (razkriti se) komu to confide in someone, to unbosom oneself to someone

zavídati to envy (koga someone); to grudge (someone), to begrudge (someone); to be envious

zavidam mu njegov uspeh I envy him his success
zavidamo jim njihovo srečo we envy them their luck
vsi mu zavidajo he is the envy of all
nimaš ga za kaj zavídati you have no reason to envy him

zavóhati to scent; to wind; figurativno to suspect, to perceive, to smell

zavóhati kaj to get wind of something
zavóhati, da se nekaj slabega plete, pripravlja (figurativno) to smell a rat
zavóhati sleparijo to suspect (ali to smell) a swindle

zavzét occupied; conquered, captured

biti zavzét za kaj to be partial to something, to have a liking for something

zdáj zdájle now, at present; this moment; actually

zdáj, zdájle! šport time!
prav zdáj, zdájle, ravno zdáj, zdájle just now, this (very) moment
zdáj, zdájle ali nikoli now or never
zdáj, zdájle to zdáj, zdájle ono now this now that
zdáj, zdájle... zdáj, zdájle now... now, sometimes... sometimes, at one time... at another
takoj zdáj, zdájle at once, immediately, instantly
do zdáj, zdájle up to now, up to this moment, till now, by now, until now, up to the present
od zdáj, zdájle from now on, from this time on
od zdáj, zdájle naprej henceforth, henceforward, in future, in the future, from this time forward
kaj zdáj, zdájle! well then?
za zdáj, zdájle (za to pot) for this once, for the time being, for the nonce
kaj boš napravil zdáj, zdájle? what are you going to do now?
kako zdáj, zdájle? how now?
šele zdáj, zdájle, ko ga poznam... only now that I know him...
sedajle nameravam (pisati) I am going (to write), I am on the point (of writing), I am about (to write)

zgrešíti to miss

popolnoma kaj zgrešíti to miss something by a mile
zgrešíti cilj to miss one's aim (ali one's target)
kamen ga je zgrešil the stone missed him
ni možno zgrešíti našo hišo there is no mistaking our house
zgrešíti pravo pot to miss the right way, to go astray
zgrešíti poklic to miss one's calling, to take the wrong turning

zgubíti to lose

zgubíti iz oči to lose sight (kaj of something)
zgubíti se to be lost, to get lost ➞ izgubiti

zlódej devil; pogovorno deuce, dickens; the evil one; Satan; the Prince of Darkness; biblija the wicked one; fiend, arch-fiend, the Adversary

kaj zlodeja je to? what the deuce (ali the dickens) is that?

zlómek (vrag) devil, pogovorno deuce, dickens

zlomka! dash it!, what the dickens!
kaj zlómek pa je to? what the deuce (ali the dickens) is that?
kaj zlómek si šel tja? what the dickens did you go there for?

zméniti se (dogovoriti se)

zméniti se o to agree upon
zméniti se (paziti na) za kaj to heed something, to take heed of something, to pay (ali to give) heed to something, to care about something
ne se zméniti se za kaj to pay no heed to something
ne zmenim se za to I don't care about that
malo se zméniti se za kaj to make little of something
ni se zmenil za naše svarilo he ignored our warning
še zmenil se ni zanjo he wouldn't even give her a second thought

značílen characteristic (za of); distinctive (of)

biti značílen za to be typical of; to characterize (za kaj something)
značílna poteza characteristic (ali typical, significant) feature

znáti to know

znáti na pamet to know by heart
dobro znáti kaj to be A1 at something
ne znam angleško I cannot speak English, I do not know English
znate francosko? do you know French?
znaš igrati šah? can you play chess?
on misli, da vse zna he thinks he knows everything
on zna brati grško he can read Greek
znaš dobro današnjo lekcijo? do you know your lesson for today well?
tega si ne znam razložiti I don't know what to make of it (ali of this)
zelo dobro znáti lekcijo to have the lesson at one's fingertips
ona zna vsaj (najmanj) 5 jezikov she knows at least five languages
znáti (spoznati se na) svoj posel to know one's own business, (žargon) to know one's onions, (pogovorno) to know the ropes, to know what's what

zób¹ -a tooth, pl teeth; (glavnika) tooth; (čipk) jag; (skale) jag; (žage) tooth, jag

zób kočnik molar, grinder, molar (ali grinding) tooth
zób mlečnik milk tooth
zób podočnik canine, dogtooth, (gornje čeljusti) eyetooth
zób sekalec incisor
zób strupnik poison fang
zób čekan fang, (veprov, slonov) tusk
zób kolesa cog, tooth
modrostni zób wisdom tooth
gnil zób rotten (ali decayed) tooth
majav zób loose tooth
mlečni zóbje milk teeth, baby teeth, first teeth
drugi, stalni zóbje second, permanent teeth
spodnji (zgornji) zóbje lower (upper) teeth
sprednji zóbje front teeth
umeten zób false tooth, artificial tooth
zdrav zób sound tooth
vrsta umetnih zob denture
brez zób toothless
škrbina zóba stump of a tooth
zób za zób, oko za oko an eye for an eye, measure for measure, retaliation, (latinsko) lex talionis
zób časa (figurativno) the ravages of time
do zob oborožen armed to the teeth
dobivanje zob cutting teeth, dentition, teething
izdrtje zoba extraction
jezik za zobé! (= molči!) shut up!, hold your tongue!
boriti se z zóbmi in nohti (= na vso moč) to fight tooth and nail
dobiti kaj za pod zób to have a snack, pogovorno to get some grub
dobivati (prve) zóbe to be cutting one's teeth, to be teething
dobiti zóbe to cut one's teeth, to teethe
zób me (zelo) boli I have (a bad) toothache, my tooth aches
(o)čistiti si zóbe to clean (ali to brush) one's teeth
ničesar ne imeti za pod zób to have nothing to eat, to have neither bite nor sup
izdreti zób to pull a tooth
dati si izdreti zób to have a tooth out, to have a tooth pulled
plombirati zób to stop (ali to fill) a tooth
pokazati zóbe to show one's teeth
človek bi si pri tem polomil zóbe (figurativno) it's a hard nut to crack
tu si boste polomili zóbe (figurativno, to je za vas posebno nevarno) that's where you'll come to grief
priti ljudem v zóbe (figurativno) to become the talk of the town
stisniti zóbe to clench one's teeth, to set one's teeth, (figurativno) to keep a stiff upper lip
škripati, škrtati z zóbmi to gnash (ali to grind, to grit) one's teeth
trebiti si zóbe to pick one's teeth
upirati se zóbu časa to stand the test of time
vsi jo vlačijo po zóbeh everyone's talking (ali gossiping) about her
vreči komu kaj v zóbe (figurativno, v obraz) to cast something in someone's teeth

zvézda star

brez zvézd starless
zvézda stalnica fixed star
zvézda vodnica guiding star, lodestar
zvézda repatica comet
dvojna zvézda double (ali binary) star
jutranja zvézda morning star
večerna zvézda evening star, Venus, Hesperus, Vesper
filmska zvézda film star, star actress
peterokraka zvézda five-pointed star
morska zvézda starfish
severna zvézda Pole Star, Polaris, North Star
srečna (nesrečna) zvézda lucky ali propitious (unlucky) star
posejan z zvézdami starred, studded with stars, glittering with stars, star-spangled, starry
rojen pod srečno zvézdo (figurativno) born with a silver spoon in one's mouth, born under a lucky star
rojen pod nesrečno zvézdo born under an unlucky star, ill-starred
častilec zvézd star-worshipper
okrašen z zlatimi zvézdami adorned (ali decorated) with golden stars
kovati v zvézde to praise (ali to laud) to the skies, to extol to the stars
okrasiti, posuti z zvézdami to adorn (ali to sprinkle, to decorate) with stars, (redko) to star (kaj something)
vse zvézde videti (figurativno od udarca itd.) to see stars
njegova zvézda vzhaja (figurativno) his star is in the ascendant
njegova zvézda zahaja (je zašla) (figurativno) his star is on the wane (his star has set)
zaupati svoji zvézdi (figurativno) to follow one's star
zahvaliti se svoji srečni zvézdi (figurativno) to thank one's lucky stars

že already; as early as; yet

ona je tu že 5 dni she has been here for 5 days
že 2 uri delam I have been working for 2 hours
že leta 1930 as early as 1930, as long ago as 1930
že 30 let as long as 30 years
že včeraj as early as yesterday
že pred enim letom as far back as a year ago
že drugi (naslednji) dan the very next day
že zgodaj zjutraj already by the early morning
že v 15. stoletju as far back as the 15th century
že samó zaradi tega simply (ali just, only) for this reason
že sama misel the very idea, the mere thought
je mati že doma? is Mother (back) home yet!
je časopis že prišel? has the newspaper come yet?
ali je že tako pozno? is it as late as that?
imam že (tako) dosti dela I have enough to do as it is, pogovorno I've got my hands full already
kaj je že rekel? what was that (ali it) he said?
že dvakrat sem mu rekel (povedal) I have told him twice already
moraš že iti? must you be going (ali go) so soon (ali already)?
dan je že it is daylight already
(do) takrat bo že dan it will be daylight (ali the sun will be up) by then
koliko časa si že tu? how long have you been here?
kako dolgo ga že poznaš? how long have you known him?
kako dolgo ste že v Sloveniji? how long have you been in Slovenia?
vrnil se je že včeraj he was already back yesterday
pismonoša bi že moral biti tu the postman ought to be here by now
on bi mi bil moral že davno odgovoriti he ought to have answered me long ago
moral je že oditi he must have gone by now (ali by this time)
vam že strežejo? (v trgovini) (ste že postreženi?) are you being attended to?
si že (sploh kdaj) bil v Parizu? have you ever been in Paris?
to je že res, toda... that's very true, but..., that's all very well, but...
on že ve zakaj! he knows why all right!
o, že razumem! oh, I see!, pogovorno I get it!