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zagovórnik; zagovórnica advocate, defender, intercessor, pleader, speaker in favour (ali on behalf) (koga of someone)

vzeti zagovórnik; -icaa to retain a defence counsel (ali a lawyer oziroma counsel for the defence)

zagrméti to thunder; figurativno to speak in a stentorian voice, to roar (out)

zakopáti to bury; to inter; to dig in

zakopáti bojno sekiro (figurativno) to bury the hatchet
zakopáti zaklad to bury a treasure
zakopáti koga živega to bury someone alive
zakopáti se vojska to dig oneself in
zakopáti se v svoje delo to bury oneself in one's work

zaljúbiti se to fall in love (v with), to fall for (someone); to become enamoured

do ušes se zaljúbiti se to fall head over heels in love (v koga with someone), to fall desperately in love (with someone)

zaljúbljen in love (v with), (knjižno) enamoured (v of)

noro zaljúbljen v doting on
biti zaljúbljen to be in love (v with), (knjižno) to be enamoured (v of)
biti noro zaljúbljen v koga to dote on someone, (pogovorno) to be crazy (ali nuts) about someone, to have a crush on someone
biti zaljúbljen v to be sweet on (someone)
biti do ušes zaljúbljen v to be over head and heels in love with, pogovorno to be dead stuck on
bil je slepo zaljúbljen v njo he was madly in love with her, he was completely infatuated with her
nesrečno zaljúbljen lovelorn

zaljúbljenost amorousness; infatuation; love, (state of) being in love

zamakníti to ravish; to put in an ecstasy, to enrapture

zamakníti (se) to be enraptured (ali ravished), to be in raptures, pogovorno to be on cloud nine

zamàn in vain, vainly; to no purpose, to no profit; ineffectually, unavailingly, fruitlessly

zamàn govoriti to waste words
vse je bilo zamàn it was all to no effect, it was all for nothing, it came to nothing, it achieved nothing
zamàn se mučiti to labour in vain
trud je bil zamàn the efforts proved abortive
zamàn trošiti to waste, to squander
zamàn se truditi (figurativno) to beat the air, to beat one's head against a brick wall

zamériti to resent, to take amiss, to take offence (at); to be in a huff (at something); to huff

zamériti komu to bear someone a grudge, to hold (ali to have) a grudge against someone
ne zamériti komu to bear no grudge against someone
zamerim to I resent it
zameril je, da so se norčevali iz njega he resented them making fun of him
zameril mi je mojo opazko he resented my remark
ne zamerite mi tega! don't take it amiss!, don't hold it against me!
nihče nam ne more tega zamériti no one can blame us for it
zamériti se komu to lose someone's favour, to incur someone's displeasure
zameril se mi je he lost (ali forfeited) my esteem

zamêsti (s snegom) to cover with snow, to snow in (ali up)

zamíšljen absorbed in thought; thoughtful; meditative; absent-minded

zamújati to be late; to persist in (ali to continue) coming (ali being) late

zanemáriti zanemárjati to neglect; (delo) to leave undone; to be remiss, to be negligent (ali neglectful) of, to be careless in (ali of, about); (ne upoštevati) to disregard, to ignore

zanemáriti, zanemárjati svojo dolžnost to fail in one's duty, to be remiss in one's duties, ZDA to be derelict in one's duty
dejstvo, ki ga ne smemo zanemáriti, zanemárjati a fact that must not be overlooked
zanemáriti, zanemárjati svoje zdravje to be (oziroma to become) careless about one's health
zanemáriti, zanemárjati se to neglect oneself, to be (ozir. to become) slovenly

zaníhati to set in oscillating motion, to oscillate, to cause to vibrate

zaníhati (se) to begin to vibrate, to begin to oscillate

zaníkati to deny, to say no; to disavow; to answer in the negative; gramatika to negative; (zastarelo) to gainsay

zanikal je, da bi bil šel tja he denied having gone (pogovorno going, being) there

zaostájanje lagging, straggling behind, falling behind, being behindhand, being in arrears; not keeping abreast

časovno zaostájanje time lag

zaostájati to lag behind; to fall behind; (s plačilom ipd.) to be in arrears (z with), to be behindhand (z with); not to keep abreast (z with); (v učenju) to be backward; (v kvaliteti) not to be equal, not to be a match for

oni zaostajajo za našimi vojaki glede hrabrosti they are no match for our soldiers in courage
moja ura zaostaja pet minut my watch is five minutes slow
zaostájati za kom (za čim) to lag behind (ali not to keep up with) someone (something)
on ne zaostaja za nikomer (v) he is second to none (in)
ne smeš zaostájati za njim v vljudnosti you must not be outdone by him in politeness

zaostál lagging behind, falling behind; behindhand; (nesodoben) not abreast with the times; (duševno) backward; (v rasti) dwarfed, stunted; (s plačilom v zaostanku) in arrears

zaostála (neplačana) najemnina back rent
šola za zaostále otroke (pomožna šola) school for backward children

zapíčiti to thrust (v into); to push in; to drive in

zapíčiti se (obtičati) to get stuck, to stick fast

zaplombírati to fix the leads in position