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matírati¹ šah to checkmate

matírati² tehnika (otemniti) to tarnish

checkmate [čékmeit]

1. samostalnik & medmet
šah-mat

2. prehodni glagol
matirati, premagati

mat³ [mæt]

1. pridevnik
moten, medel, brez leska

2. samostalnik
moten sijaj

3. prehodni glagol
napraviti motno, matirati

mate³ [méit]

1. samostalnik
šah mat

2. prehodni glagol
matirati

tarnish [tá:niš]

1. samostalnik
izgubljanje barve (sijaja); potemnelost, motnost (kovin)
figurativno madež

2. prehodni glagol
odvzeti barvo (sijaj, lesk); napraviti motno; potemniti
tehnično matirati
figurativno umazati, omadeževati

to tarnish a reputation omadeževati ugled
neprehodni glagol
postati moten (brez sijaja, leska), potemneti
figurativno oslabeti

it tarnishes in the air potemni na zraku

šáh (igra) chess; (perzijski vladar) shah

igrati šáh to play chess, to have a game of chess
šáh kralju! check!, your king's in check
dati šáh kralju to put the king in check, to check
dati šáh in matirati to checkmate
držati koga v šáhu to hold someone in check, (figurativno) to keep (ali to hold) someone at bay, to thwart, pogovorno to stymie, to snooker
šáh mat checkmate
partija šáha a game of chess