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kacáti (packati) to blotch; to smear; to blur; to stain

kadíti to smoke, to have a smoke; (v cerkvi s kadilnico) to incense

kadíti se to smoke
kadíti prepovedano! no smoking!, no smoking allowed here!, don't smoke!
kadíti cigareto za cigareto to chain-smoke
kadíti kot Turek to smoke like a chimney
že dve leti ne kadim I have not smoked for two years
toliko je kadil, da mu je postalo slabo he has smoked himself sick
včasih kadim pipo I sometimes smoke a pipe
ta cigara se ne kadi dobro this cigar does not smoke well
kadi se it's smoky
od konj se je kar kadilo the horses were steaming
kadíti komu (figurativno) to matter someone
kadíti se (dimiti se) to smoulder
peč se kadi the stove is smoking

kájpa(k) of course; to be sure

kalandrírati to calender

kálati to cleave (les wood); to chop; to split

kalibrírati to calibrate; to size

kaligrafírati to practise calligraphy, to write beautifully

kalíti¹ to trouble, to muddy (vodo water); to disturb, to violate (mir the peace); (veselje) to mar

kalíti² botanika to germinate

zrno kali a grain sprouts

kalíti³ (jeklo) to temper, to steel; to case-harden; to harden

kaljeno jeklo hardened steel

kalkírati to trace (out); to trace a copy of; figurativno to imitate, to copy

kalkulírati to calculate; to reckon; to compute

naše cene so tako nizko kalkulirane, da jih ne moremo več zniževati we are charging rock-bottom prices and can make no further reductions

kám where (to); to what place; which way; arhaično whither; in which direction

kám pa? where (are you off) to?
kám greš? where are you going (ali where are you off to)?
povej mi, kám greš! tell me where you're going!
kám (na kaj) meriš (namiguješ)? what are you driving at (ali getting at?)
kám drugam somewhere else
pojdimo kám! let's go somewhere!

kámenčkati se to play a children's game with small stones

kamnáti to stone; arhaično to lapidate

do smrti kamnáti to stone to death

kamnéti to petrify

kampírati to camp; to be encamped

kamuflírati to disguise; vojska, pomorstvo, figurativno to camouflage

kanalizírati to canalize; to drain; to provide with a drainage (ali sewage) system figurativno to direct, to guide (in a certain direction)

kandidírati to stand as candidate (za for)

kandidírati za Akademijo to offer oneself for election to the Academy
kandidiral je za sedež v parlamentu he stood (as a candidate) for a seat in parliament
kandidírati koga to propose someone for election, to run someone as candidate