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óster (orodje) sharp, cutting, edged, keen; (koničast) pointed, peaked; (strog) strict, rigid, austere, severe; (bolečina) acute, intense, smart, severe, keen; (glas) sharp, biting, piercing, rigorous, severe; (jezik) sharp; (beseda) poignant, acrimonious; (pogled) penetrating; (poteze v obrazu) cleancut; (zrak) bracing; (kazen) severe; (veter) biting, keen; (popran) hot, piquant, peppery; (vonj ali okus) acrid

óstra konkurenca keen competition
óstri kót an acute angle
óster kis strong vinegar
óster kot meč sharp as a sword
óster mraz sharp frost
óster naboj ball cartridge
óstri ukrepi stern (ali rigorous) measures pl
ona ima zelo óster jezik she has a very sharp tongue
óster ovinek (zavoj) a sharp curve

pikánten (okus) piquant, sharp, hot, peppery, spicy; appetizing; (pripoved) piquant, racy, risqué, risky, salty, indecent

pikántna omaka hot (ali peppery) sauce
pikánten roman sexy novel

popôpran (jed) peppery, peppered; (šala, zgodba ipd.) racy, spicy, hot

popôprana cena exorbitant price

vróč hot, (kot krop) boiling hot; fervid; tropical; figurativno ardent, passionate; burning

vróča diskusija animated discussion
vróči pas torrid zone
vróč zrak hot air
vróča voda hot water
vróče mi je I am hot
vróče je kot v peklu it's as hot as hell
tam bo še vróče (figurativno) there will be hot work
vróče podnebje hot climate
vróče sonce hot sun
postajalo mi je vróče I was getting hot
imeti vróčo kri (figurativno) to be hot-tempered
napraviti komu tla vróča pod nogami to make it hot (ali warm) for someone, to make the place too hot for someone

enolónčnica stew; hot pot; hotchpotch; mulligan stew; (bravina s krompirjem in čebulo) Irish stew

kuhálnik cooker; (cooking) stove; hot plate; (kitchen) range; electric table stove

plinski kuhálnik gas cooker

pogréti to warm up; to hot (up)

pogréti jed to warm up a meal
pogréti kavo to reheat (ali to warm up) coffee
pogréti krožnike to warm the plates
pogréti se pri ognju to have a warm at the fire
malo se pogréti to have a little warm (ali warm-up)
še enkrat pogréti mleko to warm the milk up again

popáriti to scald; to pour hot water on; figurativno (vzeti pogum) to dispirit, to discourage, to dishearten, to deject, to pour cold water on; (rastline) to wilt

popáriti perje perutnine to singe fowl
popáriti (in oskubsti) prašiča to singe a pig

razgréti to heat, to make hot; figurativno to excite, to flush

razgréti se to get warm (ali hot); figurativno to get excited (ali flushed)

stíska distress; need; pinch, scrape; straits pl; emergency; figurativno hot water

v stíski za denar pogovorno strapped for cash, short of the ready, broke, stony-broke
denarna stíska straitened circumstances pl
v hudi stíski with one's back to the wall
v stíski in an emergency, in a scrape
biti v stíski to be in need, to be in a tough spot
ona je v hudi stíski she is in great distress
je v hudi stíski za denar he is hard pressed for money
v stíski smo s časom we are pressed for time
izvleči se iz stíske to get out of a scrape
spraviti koga v stísko to put someone in a tight spot
v hudi stíski so (pogovorno) they are hard up (ali in a tight spot); they are in hot water
čutiti stísko to feel the pinch
priti v stísko to get into a scrape
pomagati prijatelju iz stíske (figurativno) to help a lame dog over a stile
v stíski spoznaš prijatelja a friend in need is a friend indeed

škrípec tehnika pulley; figurativno fix, pinch; scrape, dilemma, straits pl, trouble, pogovorno hot water

v škrípcih (figurativno) (v precepu) in a cleft stick
biti v škrípcih to be in a fix (ali in a scrape, in a tight corner, in a tight spot), to be hard pressed, to have one's back to the wall
biti v hudih škrípcih to be in dire straits
biti v škrípcih za denar to be hard up
dvigniti s škrípcem to hoist with a pulley

šlamástika quandary; scrape; predicament; žargon fix, jam, mess, stew, hot water

biti v šlamástiki pogovorno to be in a pretty pickle, to be in hot water, to be in the soup

toplíce hot springs pl, thermal springs; spa; watering place

piti zdravilno vodo v toplícah to take the waters

vrél seething, boiling, boiling hot

vročekŕvnost hot temper; hot-headedness; irascibility

žaréti to beam; to glow; to emit rays; to radiate; to be glowing hot (ali red-hot, white-hot)

žaréti od veselja to beam with joy
obraz mu žari od sreče his face is radiant with happiness

dókler as long as

dókler ne until, till
to mi bo v spominu, dokler bom živel I shall remember it as long as I live
nisem šel, dókler ni (on) prišel I did not go until he came
kuj železo, dókler je vroče! strike while the iron's hot; make hay while the sun shines

dušljív suffocating; stifling; choking

dušljív zrak stifling air
dušljívo vroč stifling hot

fráza phrase; idiom; idiomatic expression

obrabljena fráza hackneyed (ali commonplace ali trite) phrase, cliché, truism
lepa fráza a well-turned phrase
posrečena fráza felicitous expression
prazna fráza fine-sounding (ali empty) talk, mere words pl
vse to so prazne fráze it is all hot air, pogovorno waffle
uporabljati visoko doneče fráze to use fine-sounding phrases, to be a phrasemaker (ali phrasemonger, pogovorno waffler), humoristično to favour a sesquipedalian (ali Johnsonian) style, pogovorno to talk as if one has swallowed a dictionary

goréti to burn; to blaze; to be on fire, to be consumed by fire

gorí! fire!
kje gorí? where is the fire?
to ne gorí that does not burn
vžigalica ne gorí the match does not strike
goréti od radovednosti to be consumed by curiosity
goréti od želje to burn with desire, to be eager (ali fervent ali zealous ali keen on)
hiša gorí the house is on fire
v mestu gorí there is a fire in town
začeti goréti to catch fire
tu mi gorí pod nogami (figurativno) this place is too hot for me
gorelo mu je pod nogami (figurativno) he wanted to be off