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pokúsiti pokúšati to taste

pokúsiti, pokúšati jed, vino to taste food, wine
moram pokúsiti, pokúšati malo tega pudinga I must taste a mouthful of that pudding

pokváriti to render unfit for use; (poškodovati) to damage; (posel) to botch, to bungle; (moralno) to corrupt, to deprave, to pervert, to demoralize; (zrak itd.) to pollute, to foul

pokváriti veselje to spoil someone's pleasure; to be a killjoy
pokvaril nam je veselje he spoiled our pleasure (ali fun), he was a wet blanket
pokváriti račune to upset (ali to frustrate, to thwart) someone's plans (ali calculations, ironično little plan)
pokváriti upanja to dampen someone's hopes
pokvaril si boš oči you will ruin your eyes (ali your sight)
pokváriti si tek (apetit) to spoil one's appetite
pokváriti si želodec to ruin (ali to upset) one's stomach
vročina je pokvarila ribo the fish has gone off in the heat, the heat has tainted the fish
pokvaril mi je račune (figurativno) he spiked my guns
pokváriti se to go bad, to be spoilt, to spoil, to change for the worse, to grow worse; (stroj itd.) to break down; (meso) to go bad, to go off; (moralno) to become depraved (corrupted, demoralized); (segniti) to rot
motor se mi je pokvaril I had engine trouble
vreme se je pokvarilo the weather has turned nasty

pokvéčiti to deform; to misshape; to mutilate; to cripple, to maim

polágati to lay (ali to put, to place) down; (cevi ipd.) to lay on, to install; (na rano) to apply

polágati parket to parquet
polágati račun to render (an) account of, to account for, to give (an) account of
polágati temeljni kamen to lay a foundation stone
polágati važnost na kaj to attach weight to something

polákomniti se to become (ali to prove) greedy; to crave for

polarizírati elektrika, fizika to polarize

poláskati se to flatter (komu someone), to pay someone a compliment, to cajole (someone)

polastíti se to appropriate (česa something), to take possession (of something), to seize (something), (protizakonito) to usurp (something); to get (ali to lay, to seize, to take) hold (of something)

panika se je polastila množice panic seized the crowd

polatíniti to Latinize

poléči se to subside; to abate; to calm down; (veter) to drop; (žito) to be lodged, to be beaten down; to die away

jeza se mu bo kmalu polegla his anger will soon subside
veter se je polegel the wind has dropped
ko se bo vihar polegel when the storm abates

poledenéti to freeze, to frost; to be (ali to get) covered with ice, to ice over

poledeníti to cover with ice

póleg beside, by the side of; by, close by; next to

póleg tega besides, furthermore, moreover; as well; in addition; also, too
stanuje póleg mene he is living next door to me, he lives close by
tudi on je bil póleg he, too, was one of the company (ali party)
mene ni bilo póleg I was not around, I did not take part in it
stal je čisto póleg he stood close by
hodil sem póleg nje I walked beside her (ali by her side)
póleg hiše je vrt there is a garden adjoining the house

polemizírati to polemize; to carry on a controversy

poléniti se to get idle; to begin to idle; to laze

polépiti to stick on (one by one, repeatedly); to cover with

polépiti vse mesto z lepaki to stick bills up all over the town

polépšati to embellish; to adorn; to beautify; to smarten (ali to spruce) up; to deck out; (retuširati) to touch up

poletéti to rise in the air; aeronavtika to take off, to take flight; to become airborne; to fly away, to take wing; to soar up

poležáti (v postelji, počivati) to lie in; to have a liedown

ob nedeljah rad poleži he likes to lie in on Sundays
po kosilu navadno malo poleži he usually has a short lie-down after lunch; to crease (ali crumple) something by lying on it; (veter žito) to beat down, to lodge

policíjski police(-); of the police; belonging to the police, ordered by the police

policíjski direktor chief constable, ZDA chief of police
policíjska država police state
policíjska gorjača, pendrek truncheon, ZDA billy club, billy, nightstick
policíjski komisar police commissioner
policíjsko nadzorstvo police supervision, police surveillance
policíjska oblast police authorities pl
policíjska racija police raid
policíjski patrolni avto police car, patrol car, ZDA cruiser, squad (ali prowl) car
policíjski revir police station
policíjski pes police dog
policíjski poseg police intervention
policíjski vohljač police spy
policíjska patrulja police picket
policíjski zapor lockup
policíjska ura curfew, (čas zapiranja točilnic) closing hour, legal closingtime; pogovorno chucking-out time