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práti (perilo) to wash, to launder, (lase) to shampoo

da(ja)ti prat (svoje) perilo v pralnico to send one's washing to the laundry
kje si daješ prat perilo? where do you get (ali have) your washing done?
ona pere za nas she does our washing
ona pere (hodi prat) za druge she does other people's washing
to blago se dobro pere this material washes well

právda case, suit, lawsuit; action, process

civilna právda civil suit
stranka v právdi party to an action
stranka, nasprotnik v právdi opposing party
dobiti (izgubiti) právdo to win (to lose) a suit (ali one's case)
imeti právdo z to go to law against, to be at law with
voditi právdo to carry on a lawsuit
dobiti svojo právdo to win one's case (ali lawsuit)
právda še teče the case continues, lawsuit is still in process

právi -a, -o right, the right one; proper; (neponarejen) natural, pure, genuine, unadulterated; perfect, quite a; (resnlčen) real, true, veritable, authentic, actual; (točen) accurate, correct; (zvest) true, true-blue; (iskren) sincere, felt

právi, -a, -o brat full brother
práva sestra full sister
právi, -a, -o denar good money
právo zlato pure gold, genuine (ali real) gold
právi, -a, -o kot geometrija rectangle
práva pot the right way
právi, -a, -o mož (človek) the right man
právi, -a, -o mož na pravem mestu (figurativno) a square peg in a square hole
o právem času in due course, at the right time, in the nick of time
na právem mestu in the proper place
právi, -a, -o Francoz, ta možakar! a true Frenchman, that man!
právi, -a, -o pravcati bedak a regular fool, a prize idiot
právi, -a, -o pravcati lopov an arrant knave, a confirmed rascal
právi, -a, -o pravcati detektiv a real, live detective
to je právi, -a, -o mož this is a real man
on je právi, -a, -o avtor te knjige he is the true author of this book
on ni čisto pri právi, -a, -o (pameti) he is not quite in his senses
on je práva ničla (figurativno) he is a mere cipher
to je práva sreča it is a piece of real good luck
to ne gre čisto po právem (figurativno) there is some skulduggery in it, I suspect foul play
ni nobene práve razlike med njima there is no real difference between the two
imeli smo právo poplavo doma we have had a real inundation at home
naleteti na právega to meet one's match
priti na právo mesto to come to the proper place
urezal si se v prst, práva reč! you have cut your finger, what's that? (ali it's nothing to make a fuss about)

pravobranílec

družbeni pravobranílec samoupravljanja (v Jugoslaviji) pravo social custodian of (rights of) self management

pravopís orthography; spelling

tekmovanje v pravopísu (družabna igra) spelling bee

prázen empty; emptied; (službeno mesto) vacant, open; unoccupied; void, evacuated; vain; (nepopisan) blank

prázne besede empty words pl
za prázen nič for nothing, without any reason
práznih rok empty-handed
prázen izgovor a lame excuse
prázno gledališče a poor house
prázno službeno mesto vacancy
prázna soba empty room
prázen prostor an empty space
prázne trditve unfounded assertions pl
prázen strah groundless fear
prázno upanje vain hope
prázna vera superstition
na prázen želodec on an empty stomach
prázen naboj blank cartridge
on je prázne glave he is empty-headed
ta je prázna (to je čista izmišljotina) that is pure invention
hotéli so sedaj prázni the hotels are all deserted by this time
gledati, strmeti v prázno to gaze into space
mlatiti prázno slamo to talk nonsense (ali rot), to flog a dead horse
pustiti eno vrsto prázno to leave a line blank
vrnil se je práznih rok he returned empty-handed

prázničen festive; festival; holiday(-)

práznična obleka best clothes pl, Sunday best, pogovorno glad rags
práznično (slavnostno) razpoloženje festivity; holiday mood
biti v práznični obleki, práznično oblečen to be dressed in one's Sunday best
biti práznično razpoložen to be in holiday mood

praznína vacuum, pl -s, vacua; void; vacancy; emptiness; (belina) blank

boleča praznína aching void
popolna praznína a perfect vacuum
Torricellijeva praznína Torricellian vacuum
njegova smrt je pustila prazníno v njenem življenju his death has left a void (ali a vacuum) in her life
narava mrzi prazníno nature abhors a vacuum
zapolniti prazníno to fill a vacancy

preach¹ [pri:č]

1. neprehodni glagol
pridigati (to ; srenji, pred srenjo)
imeti pridigo
figurativno narediti komu pridigo

2. prehodni glagol
pridigati kaj; poučevati, opominjati na kaj

to preach down pridigati proti (komu, čemu), grajati
to preach up (v pridigi) hvaliti

prebívanje living, dwelling, residing, residence, (krajše) stay, sojourn

primeren za prebívanje inhabitable
zahteva se prebívanje v službenem mestu! residence near place of work is required!

prebráti to select, to pick out, to sort out; (knjigo) to read (all) over (ali through)

bežno prebráti to skip through
prebráti v presledkih to read in snatches
skrbno prebráti to peruse
prebráti knjigo od začetka do konca to read a book from cover to cover
z muko prebráti knjigo to wade through a book

prebujénje awakening

prebujénje v življenje resuscitation

precatory [prékətəri] pridevnik ➞ precative

precatory trust prošnja v testamentu, ki obvezuje

precèp cleft; fissure; figurativno (primež) vice; dilemma; scrape

biti v precèpu figurativno to be on the horns of dilemma, to be in a cleft stick
dobiti koga v precèp to drive someone into a corner, to get someone into a corner
imeti koga v precèp to have someone over a barrel

precinct [prí:siŋkt] samostalnik
ograjeno zemljišče, ograjen prostor (britanska angleščina zlasti okrog cerkve)
ameriško administrativna enota, volilna enota, policijska postaja, policijski okoliš
množina okolica, področje
množina, figurativno meje, območje

within the precincts of v mejah česa, znotraj česa
ameriško precinct captain (ali leader) vodja (stranke) volilnega okraja

precipitate³ [prisípiteit]

1. prehodni glagol
vreči dol, strmoglaviti
figurativno izzvati, povzročiti, pospešiti; pahniti (into v)
kemija oboriti, sedimentirati
fizika zgostiti, kondenzirati

2. neprehodni glagol
vremenoslovje, kemija oboriti se, usesti se, kondenzirati se (dež, rosa itd.)

predál drawer

poštni predál post-office box (krajšava: P.O. box); (blagajne) till (v trgovini)
postrgati po vseh predálih (poiskati ostanke svojih sredstev) to scrape the bottom of the barrel

predavátelj lecturer

predavátelj na univerzi v X. lecturer in the University of X.
predavátelj zgodovine lecturer in history

predél region; tract; district; (oddelek) compartment; (pregrada) partition

ozek predél dežele, ozemlja a narrow tract of land
v raznih predélih sveta in various parts of the world
brezatomski predél nuclear-free zone

predélati predelováti to remake; to remodel, to recast; to reshape, to re-form; (napisano) to rewrite; to refashion; (surovine) to work something (into)

predélati, predelováti grodelj v jeklo to work pig iron into steel
predélati, predelováti mleko v maslo in sir to turn milk into butter and cheese, to produce butter and cheese from milk; (preštudirati) to study thoroughly, to go over
predélati, predelováti knjigo (preštudirati) predélati, predelováti to study intensively (ali pogovorno to swot up) a book
predélati, predelováti plašč ZDA to make over a coat