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skomízgniti to shrug (z rameni one's shoulders)

skoncentrírati to concentrate (na on)

skonstruírati to construct

skontírati to discount

skopáriti to be niggardly; to be sordidly parsimonious; to button up one's purse (ali one's pocket)

skopáriti s čim to be stingy with something
skopáriti s hrano, z denarjem to stint food, money
ona skopari z mlekom za otroke she is stingy with the milk for the children
zelo skopáriti (figurativno) to skin a flint

skopáti¹ to dig out, to dig up; to unearth

skópati² to bathe

skópati se (doma) to take (ali to have) a bath, (na prostem) to bathe

skópiti to castrate; to geld; to emasculate

skopnéti to melt; figurativno to disappear

sneg je skopnel the snow has melted
skopnéti kot sneg to melt like snow
njegovo premoženje je hitro skopnelo his fortune had soon melted away
skopóst miserliness, niggardliness; stinginess; avarice
skoprnéti to languish (za for); to pine away

skôraj almost, nearly; (za las) all but; well-nigh; next to; little short of

skôraj isto much the same
to je skôraj isto it is much the same thing
skôraj nobeden, skôraj nihče next to none, hardly anybody
skôraj nikjer hardly (ali scarcely) anywhere
skôraj nikoli hardly ever, scarcely ever
skôraj nič next to nothing, hardly anything
skôraj mrtev all but dead, at death's door
skôraj vsi practically everybody
skôraj dovršen, perfekten verging on perfection
skôraj nezaznaven all hut imperceptible
to je skôraj nemogoče it is all but impossible
skôraj nemogoče bo (reči) it will he next to impossible (to say)
biti skôraj mrtev to be as good as dead
nimamo skôraj nič časa we have little time if any
delo je bilo skôraj končano the job was as good as done
sta skôraj iste velikosti they are much of a size (ali pretty nearly the same size)
skôraj sem padel I was very near falling, I nearly tumbled
skôraj je umrla she was near death, she was at death's door
skôraj je utonil he was all but drowned
skôraj ubil se je he was within an ace of getting killed

skotíti to whelp; to bear (ali to bring forth) young ones

skováti to forge; to coin; to hammer; (denar) to mint, to coin

skováti besedo to coin a word
to besedo je skoval X this word was coined by X.

skovíkati to hoot; to screech

skrájšati to shorten; to abridge; to abbreviate

skrájšati odlomek v knjigi to abridge a passage in a book
da skrajšam (= na kratko povem) to cut a long story short
skrajšana izdaja an abridged edition

skŕčiti to contract; to reduce; to retrench; (omejiti) to restrict, to curtail

skŕčiti se (tkanina itd.) to shrink up; to contract; (nagubati se) to shrivel (up)
moram skŕčiti izdatke I must cut down on (ali restrict, keep down) my expenses
železniški promet je bil znatno skrčen the railway services have been considerably curtailed
skŕčiti ulomek to reduce a fraction

skrégati se to have a quarrel, to quarrel (s kom with someone); to wrangle (glede over)

skregala sta se they quarrelled with each other
prijatelja sta se skregala the two friends quarrelled
skrégati se se s kruhom (figurativno) to quarrel with one's bread and butter, not to know which side one's bread is buttered

skreníti to diverge (od... k from... to)

skreníti s partijske linije to digress from the party line; to veer

skŕhati to jag; (zarezati) to notch

skriti skrívati to hide (pred from), to conceal (pred from); to put out of sight

skriti, skrívati resnico pred ljudmi to conceal the truth from the people
on je častihlepen in tega ne skriva he is ambitious and makes no secret of it
skriti, skrívati se to hide oneself (pred from), (uiti, zbežati) to abscond
skriti, skrívati se od sramu to hide one's head
poštenim ljudem se ni treba skrivati honest people do not need to practise concealment
kača se skriva v travi there is a snake (lurking) in the grass

skrívati to hide (pred from); to conceal; (tajnost) not to reveal, to keep from, to keep secret, to keep dark

skrívati se to hide, to abscond (from), to lie hidden; to be latent; to lurk in (under ipd.)
skrívati se pred policijo to be in hiding; (igra) to play at hide-and-seek