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pómniti to remember; to be mindful of; to keep (ali to bear) in mind; to recollect

(od)kar ljudje pomnijo within living memory
kar pomnim, nisem videl... as long as I can remember, I've never seen...
to je najslabše leto, kar ljudje pomnijo this is the worst year in living memory

pomolíti (roko) to hold out; to hand; to reach forth (one's hand)

vse štiri od sebe pomolíti to sprawl, to lie spread-eagled
jezik pomolíti to put out one's tongue
pomolíti glavo skozi vrata to pop one's head round (ali in) the door

Póncij Pontius

od Póncija do Pilata (figurativno) from pillar to post
pošiljati koga od Póncija do Pilata (figurativno) to lead someone a nice dance, (od enega urada do drugega) to give someone the runaround

popárjen scalded; figurativno dispirited, disheartened, crestfallen, chapfallen, dejected, damped, down in the mouth

odšel je od mene ves popárjen I sent him away with a flea in his ear

popókati to burst (one after another); to break; (šivi) to rend

popókati od smeha to burst one's sides with laughter, to split one's sides laughing, to laugh fit to burst

popustíti (ceno) to reduce, to rebate, to make an allowance for, to lower (a price), to deduct, to allow (ali to grant, to make) a reduction (ali concession), to lower one's figure; (bolečina, vročica) to pass off, to ease, to abate; (marljivost) to cool down, to relax, to abate, to fail, to flag; (sili) to yield, to knuckle under (ali down); (mraz) to abate; (napetost) to ease, arhaično to slake off; (veter) to abate, to subside, to calm; (struno, žico) to slacken (and lower the pitch of) a string

popustíti komu to indulge someone
ne popustíti (= odbiti) to persist in, to insist on, not to yield one iota, not to relent, not to remit a point
diciplina je popustila discipline has slackened (ali has weakened)
učenec je popustil v svoji marljivosti the pupil has been slacking
popustíti v ceni to make a reduction in the price
cene so popustile the prices have dropped (ali have come down)
nadzorstvo je popustilo control has been relaxed
nič ne popustíti v svojih zahtevah not to abate one iota of one's pretensions
od naših zahtev ne moremo popustíti we can abate none of our demands
popustíti strastem to give way to one's passions
popustíti vrv to slacken (ali to loosen) a rope

portal-to-portal [pɔ́:tltəpɔ́:tl] pridevnik

portal-to-portal pay ameriško, ekonomija plačilo za delo od prihoda v tovarno do odhoda

poscáti (vulgarno) to piss (kaj on something)

poscáti se to piss, to piss oneself, to pee oneself; to urinate, to make water
poscati se v posteljo to piss (ali to pee, to wet) the bed
skoraj bi se poscal od smeha I almost pissed myself laughing

poskakováti to leap, to spring, to skip, to gambol, to frisk; (na eni nogi) to hop

srce mi poskakuje od veselja my heart leaps with joy

post¹ [póust] samostalnik
drog, steber, kol
šport vratnica gola, startno mesto (starting-post)
ciljna črta (winning-post)
mineralogija navpičen sloj premoga (rude), podpornik v rudniku

as deaf as a post gluh kakor kanon
to be beaten at the post za las premagan tik pred ciljem
left at the post premagan
from pillar to post od Poncija do Pilata
between you and me and the bed-post na štiri oči, med nama, zaupno
door-post vratnica

póstelja bed, (brez posteljnine) bedstead; (ležišče) couch

dvojna póstelja double bed; (zasilna na podu) shakedown; (otroška) cot, crib
bolniška póstelja sickbed, bed of sickness; (s štirimi stebri in baldahinom) four-poster
smrtna póstelja deathbed
póstelja divan sofa-bed
poljska, zložljiva póstelja camp bed, folding bed
rezervna póstelja spare bed; (ladijska, vgrajena) bunk
viseča póstelja (mornarska) hammock
póstelja na koleščkih truckle bed, trundle bed
zložljiva póstelja folding bed
železna póstelja an iron bedstead
otročja póstelja (figurativno, porod) childbed, lying-in
Prokrustova póstelja Procrustean bed
v póstelji in bed, abed
ob, pri póstelji at the bedside
bolan v póstelji, priklenjen na pósteljo bedridden, confined to bed; (porodnica) confined, in childbed
soba z eno, z dvema pósteljama a single (ali a single-bedded) room, a double (ali a doublebedded) room
ločitev od póstelje in mize separation from bed and board
biti, ostati v póstelji to stay in bed, to keep to one's bed
že tri dni sem v póstelji I've been laid up for three days
biti na smrtni póstelji to be on one's deathbed, to be at death's door
leči v pósteljo (zaradi bolezni) to take to one's bed
ležati v póstelji to be laid up, (težko bolan) to be confined to bed, to be bedridden
ostati moram v póstelji I must stay in bed
postlati pósteljo to make the bed
postaviti pósteljo to put up a bedstead
preobleči pósteljo to change the bedclothes
spraviti koga v pósteljo to put someone to bed
spraviti se v pósteljo to go to bed, pogovorno to turn in
vstati iz póstelje to get up, to get out of bed
vstajam zgodaj iz póstelje I am an early riser
pozno vstajati iz póstelje to get up late
ni še vstal (iz póstelje) he has not got up yet, he is still in bed

pót¹ -í way, (steza) path, footpath, trail; (cesta) road, street; (utrta) track, walk; (planeta) orbit, course; (smer) route, course; (potovanje) (splošno) travel, (peš) march, (po kopnem) journey, trip, (po morju) voyage, crossing, passage

prepovedana pót! no thoroughfare!, (čez tuje zemljišče) trespassers will be prosecuted!, no trespassing!, keep out, private!
srečno pót! a pleasant journey!, arhaično God speed you!, (ironično, neprijetnemu gostu) good riddance
to pót (tokrat) this time
vsaki pót each time
božja pót (romanje) pilgrimage
pót nazaj return journey, pogovorno the way back
pót domov homeward journey, journey home, pogovorno the way home
pót po morju voyage
javna pót public road
jahalna, jezdna pót bridle path
gozdna pót forest road
križev pót religija Way of the Cross, figurativno via dolorosa
prečna pót crossroad
neravna pót bumpy road
neutrjena pót gravel road
shojena pót beaten track
trnova pót thorny path
vodna pót waterway
vozna pót carttrack, cart-road
uporabna pót serviceable road, thoroughfare
zaprta pót closed path (ali way)
ob póti by the roadside
preko póti over the way, across the road
na pol póta halfway, midway
po mirni, prijateljski póti in a friendly manner, amicably
na vsej póti od... all the way from...
biti na napačni póti to be on the wrong road ali track, to lose one's way
biti na slabi póti (figurativno) to lead a wicked life
biti na póti (potovanju) to travel, to journey, (poslovno) to be on te road
biti na dobri póti (do uspeha) to be well on the road (to success), (o stvari) to be working out well
ta pót je neprehodna, nemogoča this road is impassable, there is no through road
biti sredi póti to be halfway on one's journey
biti na najlepši póti, da... to be well on the way to...
utreti pót za... to pave the way for...
otrok je na póti (figurativno) there is a baby on the way
njen je na póti (= noseča je) she is expecting (a child), she is with child, pogovorno she is in the family way
biti komu na póti to be in someone's way, to stand in someone's light
on mi je na póti he is in my way
pót je prosta the way is clear (za koga for someone)
on je na póti v X. he is on his way to X.
biti na pravi póti to be on the right track, pogovorno to be on the ball
iti po (isti) póti nazaj to turn back
iti komu s póti to get out of someone's way (ali to shun someone, avoid someone)
iti rakovo pót to go backward
iti svojo pót to go one's own way
iti na pót to set out (ali forth, off) (on one's way), to embark upon a journey, to start out, (v tujino) to go abroad; to be bound for
iti po najkrajši póti v... to make a bee-line...
šli so vsak svojo pót they went their respective ways
krčiti si, utirati si pót to cut (ali to carve) one's way, to plough one's way through, to remove obstacles
napraviti pót komu to make way for someone
narediti, utreti pót (figurativno) to pave the way, to blaze a trail, to be a pioneer ali trailblazer
s silo si napraviti pót to force (ali to fight) one's way
kazati, voditi pót to lead the way
polena komu na pót metati (figurativno) to place difficulties in someone's way
našel bom sredstva in póti I shall find ways and means
izgubiti (najti) pót to lose (to find) one's way
pót si prihraniti (figurativno) to save shoe leather
napravite prosto pót! make way!
moramo pustiti, da gre stvar svojo pót we must let matters take their course
dobro poznati pót to know every bump (ali twist and turn) in the road
priti pol póti komu naproti to meet someone halfway
spraviti koga s póti (figurativno, na oni svet) to kill, (žargon) to bump someone off
utreti si pót skozi... to force one's way through (robidje the brambles)
ustaviti se na pol póta to stop halfway
vprašati za pót to ask one's way
vrniti se po isti póti nazaj (obrniti se) to retrace one's steps
pošteno (krepko) vzeti pót pod noge to put one's best foot forward
zaiti na krivo pót to take the wrong road ali path ali turning

pót² -u (znoj) sweat; perspiration

v pótu svojega obraza by the sweat of one's brow (ali face)
krvavi pót bloody sweat
oblit z mrzlim pótom in a cold sweat, all of a sweat
to me je oblilo z mrzlim pótom it sent me into a cold sweat
od strahu ga je oblil mrzel pót he broke out in a cold sweat
biti moker od pótu (od strahu) to be all of a sweat, to be in a sweat
pót mu je curljal, tekel z obraza his face was streaming with perspiration
pót mi teče po obrazu my face is running with sweat
krvavi pót potiti to sweat blood, (figurativno) to be kept (ali held) with one's nose to the grindstone
živeti od pótu ljudstva to live on the sweat of the people
služiti si kruh v pótu svojega obraza to earn one's living by the sweat of one's brow

potato [pətéitou] samostalnik
krompir
ameriško, sleng "tikva", glava
ameriško, sleng dolar

French fried potatoes pommes frittes
ameriško, pogovorno small potatoes malenkost, nepomembni ljudje
he thinks himself no small potato zelo je nadut
sleng quite the potato v redu stvar
not quite the clean potato ne čisto neoporečen človek
to drop s.th. like a hot potato odvreči kaj, od strahu spustiti kaj na tla

potováti to travel; to journey; to make a journey; (po morju) to voyage

potováti z letalom to travel by air; (brez cilja) to wander
kam potujete? where are you bound for?
potováti od enega konca do drugega to travel from one end to the other
potováti po morju, po kopnem to travel by sea, by land
moj svak veliko potuje my brother-in-law is a great traveller
sedaj potujem samo z avtom I do all my travelling now by car

potrésti to shake (up); to agitate; to stir up (tekočino a liquid); (posuti) to strew; to intersperse

potrésti koga iz spanja to shake someone out of his sleep
otroci so potresli vrt z odpadki papirja the children have scattered wastepaper in the garden
potrésti se to shake, to tremble, to quake
hiša se je potresla od eksplozije the house shook with the explosion

poúk lesson (s pl); school; instruction

imeti poúk to have lessons
prisostvovati poúku to attend classes
to naj ti bo v poúk let this be a lesson to you
imam poúk do enajstih I have lessons till eleven o'clock
poúk se bo začel 1. septembra the school meets on September 1st
neopravičeno izostati od poúka to play truant, to stay away from school, ZDA to play hooky; to cut school
danes ni poúka there is no school today
poúka je konec school is over

povsód everywhere; in every place; in all places; throughout; ZDA all over; on all sides

o tem se govori povsód po mestu it is the talk of the town
povsód navzoč omnipresent
povsód srečujem prijatelje I meet friends everywhere
povsód drugje everywhere else
povsód, kamor grem everywhere I go, wherever I go
od (vse)povsod from all sides, from everywhere, from all quarters
povsód sem to iskal I have hunted for it high and low
govorica se je povsód razširila the rumour has spread far and wide

pozdráviti¹ medicina to cure

pozdráviti se to recover (od from)
pozdráviti se od dolge bolezni to recover from a long illness
kar se ne da pozdráviti, je treba pretrpeti what can't be cured, must be endured

pozdráviti² pozdrávljatiy to greet; to salute; to pass the time of day; (pri odhodu) to bid farewell (to someone), (za dobrodošlico) to bid someone welcome, (po kom drugem) to give one's love (oziroma respects, compliments) to someone

pozdravite sestro! remember me to your sister!, give your sister my love!
pozdravi(te) ga od mene! remember me to him!, give him my kind regards
srčno vas pozdravlja (v pismih) yours sincerely, yours ever, (bolj formalno) yours faithfully
pozdráviti se to greet one another, to exchange the time of day
moj brat vas lepo pozdravlja my brother wants (ali begs) to be remembered to you