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nedovóljen¹ (prepovedan) not allowed; prohibited; forbidden; illicit; taboo

dostop, vstop nedovóljen! no admittance!
nezaposlenim vstop nedovóljen! no admittance except on business!

needín disunited; disagreeing; discordant

needíni so si they are at variance
biti needín gledé to be at variance with someone over something, to disagree with someone about (ali on) something
needínost disunity

negotóvost uncertainty; doubt; suspense; insecurity; doubtfulness, dubiousness

v negotóvosti in suspense
biti v negotóvosti (ne se moči odločiti) to be in suspense
mučna negotóvost agony of suspense
vse je boljše kot negotóvost! anything is better than suspense!
držati koga v negotóvosti to keep someone in suspense
napraviti skok v negotóvost to take a leap in the dark
muči ga negotóvost he is on tenterhooks, the suspense is killing him

nékaj something; some, any; prislov somewhat; (nekoliko) a little, a bit

nékaj denarja some money
nékaj knjig some books
nékaj novega something new
nékaj tega some of this
nékaj kratov several times, a couple of times
za nékaj časa for some time
nékaj takega something of the kind, this kind of thing
to je nékaj zame that's what I want
nékaj je na tem there is something in that
lahko dobim nékaj tega kolača? may I have some of this cake?
nékaj je treba storiti something must be done
to mi bo vzelo nékaj časa that will take me some time
če nimaš denarja, ti ga dam nékaj if you have no money, I will give you some
gre mi nékaj na bolje I am getting on rather better
nékaj ljudi se je že drsalo tam there were some people skating already
dal ji je brošo ali nékaj takega (podobnega) he gave her a brooch or something of the kind

nenavádnež (čudak) a queer (ali eccentric) person; an original (ali odd) fellow

on je nenavádnež he is a queer fish, he is a bit of a card

neozdravljív past (all) cure, incurable; without a cure

on je neozdravljív he is past (ali beyond) recovery

nepomémben insignificant; unimportant; trivial

on je čisto nepomémben človek he ss a mere cipher
nepomémbna izguba a trivial loss

nepošténost dishonesty

mejiti na nepošténost, biti na robu nepošténosti to verge on dishonesty

neprestáno prislov incessantly, ceaselessly, continually; without stopping

on se neprestáno smeje he keeps on laughing

nepriméren² neprimerljív incomparable

neprimérno prislov incomparably
neprimérno bolje se počutim pogovorno I'm heaps better
on je neprimérno najboljši človek he is the best man by far, pogovorno by a long chalk

neróden clumsy, awkward; uncouth; pogovorno ham-handed, ham-fisted

neróden položaj an awkward situation
kako sem neród! how clumsy of me!
neródno mi je I feel uneasy (ali awkward)
zame je to malo neródno I find this a little embarrassing
neródna stvar pri tem je, da... the nuisance of it is that...
on je zelo neróden (nespreten z rokami) (žargon) his fingers are all thumbs

neslán unsalted; saltless; insipid; figurativno improper, unbecoming, arhaično unbeseeming, (šala) practical joke, horseplay

nesláne šale zbijati s kom to play practical jokes on someone

nesmísel nonsense; absurdity; foolish talk; balderdash

nesmísel bosh!, rubbish!, fiddlesticks, go on
to je čisti nesmísel! (pogovorno, medmet) bosh, humbug!, that's absolute (ali utter) nonsense!, don't talk nonsense!

nesoglásje disharmony; dissonance; discrepancy; discord; dissension, dissent, difference, division, misunderstanding, disagreement, variance, clash of opinions

izgladiti nesoglásje to eliminate friction (ali dissension), figurativno to pour oil on troubled waters

nesposóben incapable; unfit; unable, inept; unqualified, incompetent, inefficient

nesposóbna oseba (žargon) washout
nesposóben za kaj (za delo) (nasploh) incapable of something (of working), (zaradi bolezni) unfit for something (for work)
on je nesposóben za službo (figurativno) he is a misfit, he is a square peg in a round hole
bil je nesposóben za igranje he was unfit to play (za delo for work)

nesréča misfortune, bad luck, ill-fortune; calamity, adversity, reverse; (nezgoda) accident, disaster, misadventure, mischief

na nesréčo, k nesréči unfortunately, unluckily, by an unhappy accident
po nesréči by accident, accidentally
smrt po nesréči death by misadventure
smrtna nesréča accidental death, fatal accident
na mojo nesréčo unfortunately for me
prometna nesréča traffic accident
v sreči ali v nesréči in weal and woe
on je prava nesréča za svojo družino he is the bane of his family's life
nesréča je hotela, da je izgubil stavo as ill luck would have it, he lost his bet
pripetila se mu je nesréča he has had a misfortune
da bi bila nesréča še večja... to make matters worse..., to cap it all...
to ti bo prineslo nesréčo that will bring you bad luck
pripetila se nam je prometna nesréča we (have) met with an accident
sam riniti v nesréčo to make a rod for one's own back
nesréča me povsod zasleduje I'm always dogged by ill luck
nesréča redko sama pride misfortunes rarely come singly
nesréča nikoli sama ne pride misfortunes never come singly, troubles never come singly, it never rains but it pours
vsaka nesréča je za koga sreča it's an ill wind that blows nobody good
nobena nesréča ne traja večno every cloud has a silver lining
ne kličimo nesréče! (figurativno) touch wood!

nezakónski illegitimate, spurious, bastard, evfemizem natural

nezakónski otrok child born out of wedlock, bastard, illegitimate child, evfemizem natural child; (žargon) love-child, child born on the wrong side of the blanket, arhaično by-blow, out-of-wedlock baby

nezapòslen nezaposlèn unemployed; unoccupied, idle; (igralec) evfemizem resting

nezapòslen, nezaposlèni pl the unemployed
dobivati podporo za nezapòslen, nezaposlène to draw unemployment benefit (ali the dole)
nezapòslen, nezaposlènim vstop prepovedan! admittance only on business!

néžen tender; delicate; soft (z with); gentle; (slaboten, šibak) frail, weak, slender

néžen do koga, s kom nice (ali kind) to, sweet on someone
néžne, sladke besede soft nothings pl
néžni spol (ženske) the soft sex, softer sex

ni is not; there is not, there are not

ni ga še he has not come yet
on ni več otrok he is no longer a child
pri hiši ni miru there's no peace in the house ➞ niti