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áli or; (= če) whether, if; (toda) but, however

on áli njegov brat he or his brother
bil sem v dvomu, áli naj grem I was in doubt whether to go
povej mi, áli je to res ali ne tell me whether it is true or not
ni vedela, áli naj joče áli se smeje she did not know whether to laugh or cry
vsi ljudje, áli bogati áli revni all men, whether rich or poor
áli... áli either... or
eno áli drugo, ne moreš imeti obojega you can't have it both ways

abonmá subscription (na časopis to a newspaper); (gledališče, železnica, avtobus) season ticket

letni abonmá annual subscription
odpovedati abonmá to drop (ali to discontinue) one's subscription

absolúten absolute; positive

absolútni ablativ gramatika ablative absolute
absolútni alkohol absolute alcohol
absolúten dokaz absolute proof
absolútna monarhija absolute monarchy
absolútna oblast absolute power
absolútna večina an absolute majority
absolútna višina altitude; height above sea-level
absolútno zaupanje complete (ali perfect ali absolute) confidence
absolútna potreba absolute necessity
absolútni posluh glasba perfect pitch

abstinírati se to abstain (from)

abstinírati se od alkoholnih pijač, od mesa to abstain from alcohol ali strong drink, ZDA liquor; from meat

adaptácija adaptation

adaptácija za film film ali screen version; adaptation for the screen

adíjo good-bye

reči adíjo to say good-bye, to bid good-bye; to say (ali to bid) adieu (komu to someone)

adjustírati to adjust

adjustírati spor to settle a quarrel
adjustírati si kravato to fix ali to adjust one's tie

adrésa address; direction; superscription

pomanjkljiva adrésa insufficient address
napisati adréso na pismo to address (ali to direct ali to superscribe) a letter, (na kovček ipd.) to label
zmotil si se v adrési (figurativno, nisi prišel na pravi naslov) pogovorno you've come to the wrong shop

adresár directory

gospodarski adresár trade (ali commercial) directory; (telefonski) VB Yellow Pages

adút trump, trump card

brez adúta no trumps
adút v rezervi (figurativno) an ace up one's sleeve
kaj je adút? what are trumps?
srce je adút hearts are trumps
izigrati adúta to lead trumps ali a trump
igrati adút (tudi figurativno) to play a trump card, to trump
imeti vse adúte v rokah to hold all the trumps (ali all the winning cards)
vzeti z adútom to trump, to take with a trump
(pre)vzeti vzetek z adútom to take a trick with a trump
to je eden naših najboljših adútov (figurativno) it is one of our best assets
uporabiti svoj zadnji adút to play one's last card

adutíranje ruff

dvojno adutíranje cross (ali double) ruff

agráren agrarian; agricultural

agrárna država (politika, reforma) agrarian state (policy, reform)
agrárna kultura agriculture
agrárno vprašanje the agrarian (ali land) question

agronóm(ka) agronomist; scientific agriculturist, agriculturalist

inženir agronóm(ka) trained agriculturist, agricultural engineer (ali technologist)

Ahíl Achilles

Ahilova peta Achilles' heel, figurativno weak (ali tender) spot

ákcija action; move; act; activity; (delnica) share, ZDA stock, stocks

skupna ákcija joint action
stopiti v ákcijo to go into action
začeti ákcijo to initiate an action, to take an action (v in)
on je vedno v ákciji he is always active (ali busy), he is always on the go

akcionár shareholder; ZDA stockholder

glavni akcionár chief (ali principal) shareholder

aklimatizírati to acclimatize (to), ZDA to acclimate

aklimatizírati se to become (ali to get) acclimatized (to), to acclimatize someone, to acclimatize; (miljeju ipd.) to get used (to)

akomodírati to accommodate (na to); to adapt (to); to suit (to)

akomodírati se to accommodate (ali to adapt) someone (to); to conform (to)

aktuálen present, current; topical; up-to-date

biti aktuál to be topical
aktuálna tema topical subject (ali theme)
biti zelo aktuálen pogovorno to be in the news
ne biti več aktuálen to be yesterday's news

alfabét alphabet; speller; spelling book

urediti po alfabétu to arrange ali put in alphabetical order, to alphabetize