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preoráti to plough up (down, over); to turn over with a plough; (znova orati) to plough over again (ali once again)

do konca tedna bodo vse preorali by the end of the week they will have finished ploughing
avtomobili so preorali cesto the cars have ploughed up (ali churned up) the road
ladja je preorala morske valove the ship ploughed through the waves

prepésniti to re-create ali rework a poem

prepírati se to quarrel; to have a row (s kom with someone); to dispute (o on, about); to wrangle; to have words (s kom with someone); to squabble (s kom o čem with someone about something); (pričkati se) to bicker

prepírati se s kom za kaj to contend with someone for something
prepírati se za prazen nič to argue about trifles
o tem se ne bomo prepirali that admits of no argument

prepísati to copy (in writing), to make a copy; to transcribe; (v šoli nalogo) to copy, to crib

prepísati na čisto to make a fair copy, to copy out; (literarna kraja) to plagiarize
točno, dobesedno prepísati to copy out exactly, to copy to the letter; (v lepopisu, dokumente ipd.) to engross; (lastništvo) to convey, to transfer, to make over (property)
še enkrat prepísati to write out once again
prepisal je nalogo, vajo od mene he copied (ali cribbed) his exercise from me

prepláčan overpaid; bought at too high a price

preplàčati to pay too high a price (for); to overpay

močnó preplàčati to pay an exorbitant price, to pay through the nose; not to get one's money worth; (pasivno) to be overcharged
ne preplàčati to get one's money worth
preplačali smo we did not get our money's worth

preplúti to sail across, to cross by sailing; to voyage across; to make a passage

preplúžiti to plough up (over); to turn over with a plough; (znova plužiti) to plough

prepovédati to forbid, to prohibit; to disallow; (uradno) to interdict; to suppress; to ban; to veto, to put a veto on; (svobodo govora itd.) to suppress, pogovorno to gag

prepovédati vsa zborovanja to ban all meetings
prepovedali so mi iti tja I was forbidden to go there
prepovédati vstop v hišo to forbid someone the house
prepovedujem ti iti vén I forbid you to go out
zdravnik mi prepoveduje (piti) vino the doctor forbids me (to drink) wine

prerísati to copy a drawing (ali plan), to draw from the original; (skozi papir) to trace, to make a tracing

preséka narrow strip cut through a forest

prestrášiti to frighten; to scare, to alarm, to give (someone) a fright; to startle; to dismay, to appal

kako si me prestrašil! what a fright you gave me!
pošteno ste me prestrašili you gave me a real scare
na smrt prestrášiti to scare someone to death
prestrášiti se to take fright; to get frightened (ali alarmed), to be startled

prestrél a shot (through something); medicina ➞ prestrelina

prestrelíti to shoot through; to shoot a hole in

pretegníti se to injure oneself by lifting a heavy load; (od dela) to be overworked, to overwork

pretépati pretêpsti to beat (ali to thrash) thoroughly (ali all over), to beat someone black and blue; to maul; pogovorno to whop; to hide; to tan someone's hide; to give someone a good hiding

pretépati, pretêpsti s palico to belabour with a stick
pretépati, pretêpsti do mrtvega to thrash someone within an inch of his life
te bom pretepel, da boš črn I'll beat you black and blue

pretkánec cunning fellow; (figurativno) a sly dog, humoristično a slyboots

prevájati to translate; to make a version; to render into another language; to interpret

prevájati Cankarja v angleščino to translate Cankar into English
prevájati iz nemščine v fancoščino to translate from German into French
dobesedno prevájati to translate word for word
ta knjiga se da lepo prevájati this book translates well; elektrika to conduct
kovine dobro prevajajo električni tok metals are good conductors of electricity

prevéjanec a cunning (ali crafty, wily, sly, smart) fellow

preveseljáčiti (denar) to spend (one's money) having a good time, enjoying oneself; to squander (away); žargon to blue