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wolf² [wulf] prehodni glagol (tudi wolf down)
pohlepno požirati hrano, žreti
neprehodni glagol
iti na lov na volkove, loviti volkove

zapéti² (zapojem) (to begin) to sing, to start singing

zapéti pesem to sing a song
drugo pesmico zapéti to sing a different tune, to change one's tune (tudi figurativno)

zastájati (voda) to stagnate (tudi figurativno); to be at a standstill (ali at a deadlock)

zastajajoč (voda) stagnant (tudi figurativno)
zastajajoč ribnik stagnant pond
zastajajoče tržišče, trg stagnant market

zatakníti to stick (v to, into)

zatakníti si cvetico v gumbnico to stick a flower into one's buttonhole
zatakníti se to stick (tudi figurativno)
vrata so se zataknila the door has stuck
beseda se mi je zataknila (v govoru) I stumbled over a word (in my speech)

zelèn green, verdant; (nezrel) unripe, immature; (neizkušen) green (v at)

zelèn od zavisti green with envy
slep za zelèno barvo green-blind
zelèna krma green crop
zelèna luč (figurativno, dovoljenje) green light
prižgati zelèno luč (tudi figurativno) to give the green light
pri zelèni mizi at the green table
priti na zelèno vejo (figurativno) to make one's fortune, to begin to thrive (ali to prosper)
ne priti na zelèno vejo not to get on in the world
postati zelèn od jeze to turn green with vexation
zelène površine open spaces pl

zófa sofa

zófa, ki rabi tudi za posteljo sofa bed

zvézati to bind (up); to tie together; to fasten; to connect (z with, to); to combine; to couple

zvézati komu roke to tie someone's hands (tudi figurativno)
zvezali so mu roke in noge he was bound hand and foot
zvezanih rok in nog tied hand and foot
zvežite me (telefonično) s štev. 15-13, prosim! please connect me with number 15-13
napačno ste me (telefonično) zvezali you gave me the wrong number