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pláčati to pay

pláčati v gotovini to pay cash (down), to pay ready money, (takoj) (žargon) to pay on the nail
vnaprej pláčati to prepay, to pay in advance
pláčati račun to settle (ali to balance, to square) an account, to pay one's score, to pay one's reckoning
pláčati menico to honour a bill
ne pláčati to leave unpaid
pláčati v obrokih to pay by instalments, (v majhnih obrokih) to pay by driblets
pláčati v naturalijah to pay in kind
preveč (premalo) pláčati za delo to overpay (to underpay)
predragó, mastno pláčati to pay through the nose
pláčati previsoko ceno to pay a fancy (ali an exorbitant, an extortionate) price, to pay through the nose
preveč pláčati za blago to be overcharged
ogromno, debelo pláčati to pay a fantastic price
plačati račun, stroške za druge (figurativno) to pay the piper
takoj pláčati to pay cash on the spot, to pay spot cash, to pay cash on the nail
pláčati ob prejemu to pay cash on delivery
preveč sem plačal I was out of pocket, I was overcharged
pláčati za nazaj to repay, to refund, to reimburse
pláčati do zadnjega tolarja (pare) to pay to the last farthing
pláčati stroške to pay (ali to defray) expenses
pláčati pred rokom to anticipate payment
pláčati globo to pay a fine
pláčati upnikom to settle with one's creditors
pláčati komu njegove usluge to reward someone for his services
toliko ne morem pláčati I cannot afford it
za to je treba pláčati carino (ni treba pláčati carine) this is dutiable (dutyfree)
ne morem pláčati I am unable to pay, I am insolvent
vedno sem ti točno plačeval I have always paid you on the nail
plačal sem mu buteljko vina I treated him to a bottle of wine
kdo bo plačal zapitek? who will stand treat?
vsak od naju bo plačal zase we'll each pay his own share, we'll go dutch
za uro sem plačal urarju 50 funtov I paid (ali I gave) the watchmaker fifty pounds for my watch
zmago je plačal s svojim življenjem he paid with his own life for the victory
dragó sem jim plačal za to they made me pay through the nose for it
to mi boš plačal! (figurativno) I'll see you pay for this!, you shall smart for this!
pláčati milo za drago to pay in kind, to repay tit for tat, to get one's own back, to have one's revenge (on), to get even (with)
kdor muziko plačuje, tudi ukazuje (figurativno) who pays the piper calls the tune
natakar, plačati, prosim! waiter, the bill, please!

plačílen pay(-)

plačílni dan payday
plačílna knjiga (seznam) pay book (sheet)
plačílni razred (uradnikov) salary grade
plačílni nalog order to pay
plačílni rok date of payment
plačílno sredstvo means of payment
zakonito plačílno sredstvo legal tender
plačílne težave pecuniary difficulties pl
plačílni promet v državi home (ali internal) money movements pl
s tujino external payments

plačljív payable; to be paid

biti plačljív to fall due, to become due (ali to mature)
plačljív ob predložitvi payable on presentation (ali at sight)
vnaprej plačljív payable in advance
plačljív ob dostavi, izročítvi cash on delivery

plačník payer

on je točen plačník he is punctual (ali prompt) in his payments, he pays on the nail

plahútati

plahútati s perutmi to beat (ali to flap) one's wings

plain¹ [pléin] pridevnik (plainly prislov)
preprost, enostaven, navaden; brez okraskov, preprost (soba itd.); nevzorčast, enobarven (blago); črno-bel (fotografija, risba); nemikaven, neprivlačen, neuglajen (obraz, dekle); jasen, razumljiv, nedvoumen, brez ovinkov (pogovor), očiten, razločen; nerazredčen (alkohol); odkrit, pošten; srednji, nepomemben, povprečen
metalurgija nelegiran (npr. jeklo); raven, plosk (dežela)
figurativno gol, čist (nesmisel)

plain clothes civilna obleka
plain cooking domača kuhinja
plain card navadna karta (razen kralja, dame in fanta)
plain fare domača hrana
as plain as plain can be; ali as plain as the nose on one's face; ali plain as a pikestaff; ali as plain as point jasno kot beli dan
plain dealer poštenjak, odkrit človek
plain dealing odkritost, iskrenost, pošteno trgovanje
plain knitting gladko pletenje (same desne)
in plain English; ali in plain language brez ovinkov, naravnost (povedati)
plain living preprost način življenja
plain paper nečrtan papir
plain sewing bela vezenina, šivanje belega perila
plain speaking odkrito govorjenje
plain truth čista resnica
to be plain with naravnost komu povedati

plán plan; schedule; draught; project; design; draft; map; program(me); blueprint

po plánu according to plan (ali to schedule), up to schedule
osnove plána the fundamental plan
petletni plán five-year plan
ne doseči plána not to fulfil a plan, to be behind schedule
preseči plán to overfulfil the plan
izpolniti plán to fulfil a plan
delati, narediti plán to plan; to scheme; to project
ne izvršiti plána to be behind schedule
Marshallov plán Marshall plan, European Recovery Program

plášč coat; cloak; (kratek) cape; (pelerina) mantle

zimski plášč overcoat, greatcoat; tehnika jacket, case, casing; (na kolesu) tyre, outer cover
dežni plášč raincoat, impermeable, (impregniran) waterproof, (nepremočljiv, gumiran) mackintosh, pogovorno mac, mack
krznen plášč fur coat
gumiran plášč rubberized coat
pod pláščem (figurativno) under the cloak of, under the guise of
obračati plášč po vetru (figurativno) to set (ali to trim) one's sails to the (ali to every) wind; to be a weathercock

plašíti to frighten, to intimidate; to scare; to startle; to awe; to put in fear; to make afraid; to alarm; (ptice itd.) to shoo away; to daunt; to strike fear into someone's heart; to terrify

plašíti se to be afraid, to be startled, to apprehend, to stand in fear (ali awe) of, (konj) to shy
plašíti se česa to shy at something; to dread something; to fear something

plátno linen; canvas; (močno) duck

plátno v kinu (cinema) screen
filmsko plátno screen, film industry
široko plátno wide screen
plátno za ponjave sheeting
(slikarsko, šotorsko) plátno canvas
povoščeno plátno (za mize) American cloth (ali leather)
nebeljeno plátno brown cloth
plátno za rjuhe (bed) sheet
pooljeno plátno oilcloth
doskočno plátno jumping-sheet
škrobljeno plátno buckram
plátno za knjige book-cloth
v (pol) plátno vezan bound in (half) cloth
tovarna plátna linen factory

plávati to swim; (stvari, na vodi) to float, (s tokom) to drift

plávati pod vodo to swim under water
plávati v, po zraku to hover
plávati na hrbtu to swim on one's back
plávati eno miljo to swim a mile
bočno plávati to swim on one's side
plávati proti toku to swim against the current
plávati s tokom (figurativno) to swim with the tide (ali with the current)
plávati kot riba to swim like a fish
plávati čez reko, jezero, Rokavski preliv to swim a river, a lake, the Channel
plávati kot kamen to swim like a stone, to swim like a tailor's goose, to swim like a brick
plávati v krvi (figurativno) to be steeped (ali to welter) in blood
plávati v solzah to be bathed in tears, to brim with tears
on plava v denarju he is rolling in money
klet je plavala v vinu the cellar was swimming in wine
olje plava na vodi oil floats on water
predaleč (ven) plávati to swim out of one's depth
plutovina plava v vodi cork floats in water

play¹ [pléi] samostalnik
igra (na srečo, za stavo, za zabavo, športna), zabava, šala; igranje, kvartanje, poteza (pri šahu)
figurativno igra (besed, barv, valov, žarkov itd.)
gledališče gledališka igra, predstava
glasba igranje, predvajanje, glasbeno delo; spretno ravnanje s čim (običajno v sestavljenkah npr. swordplay)
delovanje, dejavnost, torišče
tehnično toleranca
figurativno svoboda gibanja
ameriško, sleng manever, (zvijačen) poskus za dosego česa
ameriško, sleng publiciteta, poznanost, propaganda

at the play v gledališču
to be at play igrati se
to bring (ali call, put) into play spraviti v pogon, izkoristiti
to come into play začeti delati, stopiti v akcijo
child's play otročarija, igračkanje
fair play pošteno ravnanje
foul play nepošteno ravnanje
in full play v polnem teku, v polnem pogonu
to give free play to one's fancy dati domišljiji prosto pot
to give the rope more play zrahljati vrv
as good as a play zelo zabavno in zanimivo
grandstand play razkazovanje
figurativno to hold in play zaposliti (koga s čim)
high play kvartanje za debel denar
in play še v igri (kvartanje), za šalo
it is your play ti imaš potezo (šah), ti igraš (karte)
out of play ne več v igri (kvartanje)
lively play of fantasy živahna domišljija
to make play imeti uspeh; utruditi preganjalce (pri lovu)
to make a play for potegovati se za naklonjenost
to make play with postavljati se, bahati se
that was pretty play to je bilo dobro (zaigrano)
a play on words besedna igra

play² [pléi]

1. neprehodni glagol
igrati (for za)
šaliti se, zabavati se, igračkati se; začeti igrati (karte), napraviti potezo, biti na potezi (šah); poigravati se (barve, valovi, žarki itd.); streljati (top), brizgati (vodomet), sijati
tehnično imeti prostor za gibanje, imeti toleranco, premikati se (bat), biti v pogonu; biti primeren za igro (igrišče)

2. prehodni glagol
gledališče igrati, uprizoriti
šport nastopiti, igrati proti, sprejeti igralca v moštvo; uperiti (žaromet, luč, vodni curek) na koga; ustreliti (iz topa)
tehnično spraviti v pogon, upravljati (stroj), obvladati

to play along with sodelovati, v en rog trobiti s kom
to play it cagey biti previden, omahovati
figurativno to play both ends against the middle previdno, rafinirano ravnati
to play ball with s.o. pošteno postopati s kom
to play booty prevarati
figurativno to play one's cards well (badly) (ne)spretno manevrirati
to play s.o. dirt izigrati koga
to play the devil (ali deuce) with prekrižati komu račune
to play by ear igrati po posluhu
to play fair (foul) pošteno (nepošteno) ravnati
to play s.o. false izdati koga
to play the fool zganjati neumnosti
to play a fish utruditi ribo na trnku
to play fast and loose with zlorabljati koga
to play the game držati se pravil, pošteno ravnati
to play to the gallery šopiriti se pred javnostjo
to play guns on obstreljevati
to play into s.o.'s hands koristiti drugemu, pomagati komu
to play one's hand for all it is worth izrabiti vsako priliko, uveljaviti vse svoje zmožnosti
to play the knave varati
to play a good knife and fork jesti z apetitom
to play the horses staviti na konjskih dirkah
to play for love igrati za zabavo ne za denar
sleng to play it (low) on izigrati koga, zlorabiti
to play a joke (ali prank, trick) on potegniti koga za nos
to play the races staviti na konjskih dirkah
to play a part igrati vlogo, pretvarjati se
to play possum hliniti spanje
to play upon the square pošteno ravnati
to play safe previdno ravnati, ne tvegati
to play second fiddle imeti podrejen položaj
to play a good stick dobro sabljati
to play for time zavlačevati, poskušati pridobiti na času
to play truant (ali hooky) neopravičeno izostati od pouka
to play s.o. a mean trick prevarati koga
to play tricks with nagajati
to play (up)on igrati na, figurativno izrabljati koga
to play (up)on words zbijati šale, igrati se z besedami
to play with igrati se s, z; lahkomiselno ravnati s

plazíti se to creep; to crawl; (skrivaj) to sneak; figurativno (klečepaziti) to cringe (pred to), to fawn, to grovel

plazíti se se pred kom (figurativno) to lick someone's boots (ali shoes)

plea [pli:] samostalnik
izgovor, opravičilo; prošnja (for)
pravno obramba, zagovor, ugovor, priziv, pledoaje

pravno to put in a plea; ali to make a plea vložiti priziv
pravno plea of guilty priznanje krivde
on (ali under) the plea of (that) kot izgovor za (da)

pledge¹ [pledž] samostalnik
jamstvo, poroštvo, zastava, zalog
zgodovina talec, porok; obljuba, zaobljuba, obveza; zdravica, napitnica
figurativno dokaz ljubezni

pledge of love otrok, dokaz ljubezni
in pledge of kot jamstvo za; figurativno kot dokaz za; kot znak, da
under (the) pledge of secrecy pod obljubo molčečnosti
to hold in pledge imeti v zalogu
to put in pledge dati v zalog, zastaviti
to redeem one's pledge izpolniti zaobljubo
to take (ali sign) the pledge odpovedati se pijači
to take in pledge vzeti kot zalog

pledírati to plead, to speak (za for, proti against)

pledírati za kaj to speak in favour (ali for) something

plemenít (poreklo) noble, wellborn, of noble (ali gentle) birth; highborn; (po duhu) noble-minded, high-minded, magnanimous, generous, liberal; (plemiški) titled, aristocratic, patrician; (kovina) precious; (konj) highbred, thoroughbred

plemenítega rodu of noble (ali gentle) birth

plén prey; booty; loot; plunder, plunderage; spoils pl, arhaično rapine

postati (biti) lahek plén to become (to be) easy prey (ali fair game) for
bogat plén rich booty
lovski plén game, quarry
vojni plén booty, spoils pl of war
razdeliti si plén to divide the spoils

pleníca VB nappy, (formalno) napkin; ZDA diaper; (povoji) swaddling clothes, swaddling bands, swathing bands

zaviti v pleníce to change a baby, to change a baby's nappy (ali diaper), to swaddle