Franja

ponížati to humble; to humiliate; to degrade; to debase; pogovorno to take someone down a peg (or two)

ponížati se to humble (to lower, to demean) oneself; to stoop; to submit; to debase oneself
ponížati se pred kom (klečeplaziti pred kom) to truckle to someone, to eat humble pie, to kowtow to someone

zmágati (sovražnika) to conquer, to defeat, to overcome, to vanquish; to be victorious; to triumph; to carry the day; to gain the upper hand; to come off with flying colours

zmágati težave to surmount (one's) difficulties
zmágati zapreko to surmount (ali to overcome, to master, to conquer) an obstacle
ponižati se, da bi zmagali to stoop to conquer