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mnógokje in many places, pesniško in many a place

môči (morem) to be able, to be capable, to be in a position (to do something); to be enabled; (biti sposoben) to have the faculty, to have the capacity

ni môči (ni moč) it is impossible
morem I can
ne morem I cannot, I can't, I am unable, I am incapable
morem samó pohvaliti... I can't help praising, I can only praise, I have nothing but praise for...
ne morem ga trpeti I cannot bear (ali stand) him
če le morem if I can help it
ne morem si kaj, da se ne bi smejal I can't help (ali resist) laughing
on me ne more (figurativno) he can't stand me
ne morejo se (figurativno) they cannot agree
ne morem več (od utrujenosti) I am dog-tired, I am dead with fatigue, I am knocked-up
ne morem si tega privoščiti I cannot afford it
nič ne morem za to it is not my fault
morem samo (reči)... I simply must (say)...
storil bom, kar bom največ mogel I'll do my best, I'll do all I can, I'll do my utmost, I'll do my very (ali level) best
ne bom mogel plačati I shall not be able to pay
obžalujem, da ne morem I regret my inability
ne morem biti brez I cannot go (ali do) without
denar more vse money talks
njemu ne moreš verjeti he is not to be believed
nanj se ne moreš zanesti he is not to be relied upon
moglo bi biti takó it might possibly be so, pogovorno could be

nadélan figurativno (pijan) drunk, drunken, inebriated, intoxicated, tipsy; in a drunken condition

nadélan ko klada dead drunk

náglo prislov (hitro) quickly, hastily, swiftly, rapidly, speedily; in haste, in a hurry

nahóden medicina catarrhal; snuffy; having a cold in the head

nakúpiti nakupováti to make a purchase; to buy up, to buy in; to purchase, to acquire by purchase (successively)

nakupovati po trgovinah to do the shopping
iti nakupit to go shopping

nanáglo(ma) hastily, quickly, rapidly, swiftly, briskly, by leaps and bounds; (nenadoma) suddenly, abruptly; (na vrat na nos) precipitately, precipitously, headlong; in haste, in a hurry

nanízati to thread on a string; (našteti) to enumerate; to arrange in a certain order; to marshal

nanízati bisere to string beads

naplahtáti to take someone in, to make a fool of someone, to fool someone; pogovorno to bamboozle someone, to have someone on

skušal te je naplahtáti he was having you on

naróbe wrong; wrongly; in a wrong manner; the wrong side out (ali up); turned upside down; topsyturvy; inverted; head over heels

vse je naróbe all is wrong, all is in confusion, there is a great confusion everywhere
nekaj je naróbe there is something amiss
vse gre naróbe all goes wrong
vse je naróbe v hiši everything is upside down in the house
kaj je naróbe s teboj? what is wrong with you?
naróbe se lotiti česa (figurativno) to put the cart before the horse
to je naróbe svet it is the world turned upside down
naróbe si je nadel klobuk he has put his hat on the wrong way
narediti vse naróbe to do everything the wrong way round
šli smo po isti poti kot vi, toda naróbe (v obratni smeri) we took the same road as you, but the other way round
pri meni (v mojem primeru) je stvar naróbe (obratna) in my case the boot is on the other foot; with me it's the other way round
nima Ivan Marije na vrvici, ravno naróbe je John doesn't dominate Mary, the boot is on the other foot (ali the reverse is the case)

nasplóh generally, in general; at large; as a rule

nastópati (obnašati se) to behave, to deport oneself, to carry oneself, to conduct oneself; (v gledališču) to be in a show, to appear in, to be appearing in; (minerali) to occur

javno nastópati to appear in public
nastópati na odru to appear on the stage
kdor prvič nastopa (na odru ipd.) débutant, (ženska) débutante
on nastopa (se obnaša) zelo ošabno he behaves very haughtily

natáknjen figurativno (slabe volje) ill-tempered, in a bad temper; fretful, cross, sulky; waspish; snappy, ZDA snippy

biti natáknjen to be in a (bad) temper, to be in a huff

navprék transversally, transversely; in a transverse direction

neizdélan unwrought, unworked; not worked out; unshaped; (grob) in a raw state, in a natural state, rugged

nekáko in a way, in some way; in a sort; in some sort; sort of, kind of, in some degree; somehow, somewhat; (= tako ali tako) somehow or other

nekáko zadnji dve leti in the last two years or so
to smo nekáko pričakovali we sort of expected it
tega se nekáko spominjam I sort of remember it
nekáko obljubil sem mu I sort (ali kind) of promised him
nekáko ob šestih somewhere around (ali about) six

nékam to some place (ali spot); somewhere; in a certain direction

nékam neprijazen somewhat unkind

nékdaj in old times, in former times, in time past; in the old days, in days of old; once, one time, pesniško once upon a time; formerly; of old

od nékdaj from old

nemálo a great deal; considerably; in no small measure

nemíren restless, fidgety; (zaskrbljen) anxious, uneasy, (razburjen) excited, in a state o excitement; (razburkan) agitated, high, choppy, rough; tumultuous; (časi) turbulent, troublous, stirring

morje je nemírno the sea is rough, the sea is running high
prebiti nemírno noč to pass a disturbed night