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vesêlje joy, gaiety; joyfulness; gladness; pleasure; delight

komu v vesêlje to the delight (ali to the joy) of someone
z vesêljem with plesure
solze vesêlja tears pl of joy
kvarilec vesêlja killjoy, wet blanket
bil je ves iz sebe od vesêlja he could not contain himself for joy
imam veliko vesêlje s svojimi otroki my children give (ali afford) me much pleasure
ne maram vam kvariti vesêlja I won't spoil your pleasure
radi bi ji napravili nekaj vesêlja we would like to give her some pleasure
skakati od vesêlja to leap for joy
z vesêljem sem sprejel vaše vabilo I gladly accepted your invitation
vriskati od vesêlja to shout with joy

búčen¹ roaring; booming; noisy, tumultuous, boisterous; (smeh) uproarious

búčen krohot a roar of laughter
búčno veselje romp
búčna (hrupna) zabava (figurativno) carousal, (avstralski) corroboree

greníti to embitter

greníti komu veselje to spoil someone's joy
greníti komu življenje to be the bane of someone's life

grústiti

grústiti komu veselje to spoil someone's pleasure
grústiti se to feel sick (at), to loathe
to se mi grusti I loathe it, I feel a loathing for it, I feel disgusted with it
grusti se mi delo I am disgusted with work, I loathe work

méšati to mix; to blend; to stir; to shuffle

méšati barve to blend colours; (kovine) to alloy; (čaj, tobak) to blend
méšati karte to shuffle the cards
méšati si kavo to stir one's coffee
(raso, pasmo méšati, križati) to interbreed, to mongrelize
méšati poper in sol to mix pepper and salt
méšati vino z vodo to mix wine with water
méšati veselje z žalostjo to blend joy with sadness
méšati se to mix, to mingle, finance, pesniško to commingle (z with)
ne mešaj se v moje zadeve! mind your own business!
méšati se v tuje zadeve to interfere with (ali to pry into; to meddle with) other people's business
on se vedno v vse meša (figurativno) he is always poking his nose into other people's business, he likes to have a finger in every pie, he is always shoving his oar in
meša se mu (figurativno) he is rambling, he is raving, he is mad, he is delirious
se ti meša? are you crazy?, are you losing your mind?

pokazíti to spoil

pokazíti komu veselje to spoil (ali to mar) someone's joy
pokazíti se to fail

pokváriti to render unfit for use; (poškodovati) to damage; (posel) to botch, to bungle; (moralno) to corrupt, to deprave, to pervert, to demoralize; (zrak itd.) to pollute, to foul

pokváriti veselje to spoil someone's pleasure; to be a killjoy
pokvaril nam je veselje he spoiled our pleasure (ali fun), he was a wet blanket
pokváriti račune to upset (ali to frustrate, to thwart) someone's plans (ali calculations, ironično little plan)
pokváriti upanja to dampen someone's hopes
pokvaril si boš oči you will ruin your eyes (ali your sight)
pokváriti si tek (apetit) to spoil one's appetite
pokváriti si želodec to ruin (ali to upset) one's stomach
vročina je pokvarila ribo the fish has gone off in the heat, the heat has tainted the fish
pokvaril mi je račune (figurativno) he spiked my guns
pokváriti se to go bad, to be spoilt, to spoil, to change for the worse, to grow worse; (stroj itd.) to break down; (meso) to go bad, to go off; (moralno) to become depraved (corrupted, demoralized); (segniti) to rot
motor se mi je pokvaril I had engine trouble
vreme se je pokvarilo the weather has turned nasty

predstávljati gledališče to play a part, to act, to perform, to represent (osebo a character)

predstávljati si to imagine, to picture to oneself, to form a picture of something; to fancy
živo si predstávljati to realize
kar predstavljaj si to! just imagine, fancy that!
tega si ni mogoče predstávljati it is not to be imagined
predstavljaj si to! just fancy!, fancy that!
tega si ni mogoče predstávljati it is not to be imagined
predstavljajte si moje veselje! imagine how happy I was!
živo si je lahko predstavljal tisti prizor he could well picture that scene
ni si težko predstávljati, kaj se bo zgodilo it is not hard to imagine what will happen
predstavljajte si moje začudenje! imagine my astonishment

skváriti to spoil

skváriti komu tek (apetit) to spoil someone's appetite
skváriti veselje komu to spoil (ali to mar) someone's joy
skváriti si vid to ruin one's sight

žálost sadness; sorrow; mournfulness; depression; gloom; melancholy; distress; affliction; grief

veselje se spremeni v žálost joy turns to grief
v dvoje se žálost laže prenaša (arhaično) two in distress make sorrow less
na mojo žálost to my sorrow
na njegovo veliko žálost to his regret (ali annoyance, vexation)
biti v globoki žálosti to be in deep mourning