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posmrtnína (payment of) the sum due to the beneficiary of a life-insurance policy; (in a welfare state) death grant, death benefit

posmúkati (listje) to strip off

posnážiti to clean, to cleanse

posnémati to imitate; to copy; (mleko, smetano) to skim; (peno) to skim, to scum

opičje posnémati to ape, to mimic
slepo posnémati to copy, to parrot

posodíti to lend

posodíti ZDA to loan (komu to someone), to give a loan
posodíti na obresti to lend at interest

posodóbiti to modernize; to update

posolíti to salt; to sprinkle with salt

pospéšiti pospeševáti to accelerate; to hasten; (hitrost) to speed up; to forward, to promote; to further, to encourage, to advance; (tempo, delo) to urge

pospéšiti, pospeševáti korak to quicken (the) pace
pospéšiti, pospeševáti stike to further (the) relations (med between)
pospéšiti, pospeševáti trgovino to promote, to foster trade

posplóšiti to generalize

posplóšiti se to become general, to generalize, to spread

pospráviti (poljske pridelke) to gather in, to get in; (mizo) to clear up, (mizo po jedi) to clear away

pospráviti sobo to tidy up (ali to do, to put in order) the room
pospráviti za kom to clear up after someone

posráti to soil (ali to foul) with excrement, evfemizem to make a mess, vulgarno to shit (ali to crap) all over something

posráti se vulgarno to shit oneself
posráti se v hlače vulgarno to shit (evfemizem to do it in) one's pants
poserjem se na predpise I don't give a shit for the regulations

posrébati to sup; to sup up, to sip up

posrebríti (se) to silver

posréčiti se (uspeti) to succeed (in); to manage

če se mi to posreči if I succeed in it
načrt se ni posrečil the plan did not succeed
njemu se vse posreči he succeeds in everything
posrečilo se mi je pobegniti, uiti I succeeded in escaping
posrečilo se mu je to napraviti he managed to do it (ali to get it done)
ni se nam posrečilo, da bi ga videli we did not succeed in seeing him
ni se mi posrečilo, da bi našel izgubljeni denar I failed to find the money I'd lost

posredovátí to mediate; to intervene; to interfere; to interpose; to serve as agent; to be the medium

posredovátí pri kom za koga to intercede with someone for someone

postájati¹ (postavati) to stop (here and there); to loaf (about)

ne postajajte tu! keep out!, no loitering!

postárati to age (koga someone); to make (someone) look older; to add years to someone's age

postárati se to get old, to grow old; to look old; to age
zelo se je postaral he has grown very old, he has (ali is) much aged

postáti¹ (postanem) to become; to get; (sčasoma) to grow (up, out of); to rise; (nenadoma) to turn, to turn out, to prove

postáti bogat to become (ali to grow) rich
postáti hud, jezen to get angry
postáti lačen (reven, star) to get hungry (poor, old)
postáti mlajši to grow younger
postáti običajen to become common
postáti slabši to grow worse, to worsen
postáti zdravnik to become a doctor
mraz (pozno, temno) postaja it is getting cold (late, dark)
postal je bled he went (ali turned, grew) pale
Napoleon je postal cesar Napoleon became emperor
postal je katolik he has turned Catholic
kaj hoče on postáti? what is he going to be?
kaj je postal (on) (kaj je z njim)? what has become of him?, what ever became of him?

postáti² (postojim) to stop; to make a halt

postáviti to raise, to erect (spomenik, stavbo a monument, a building); to set (up); to put (up), to place, to stand

postáviti za (imenovati) to nominate, to appoint
postáviti cene to fix (ali to quote) prices
postáviti komisijo to set up a commission
postáviti si hišo to build a house
postáviti mrežo to set (ali to spread) a net
postáviti past (zasedo) to set a trap (an ambush)
postáviti zanko to lay a snare
postáviti v vrsto to range, to draw up
postáviti šotor to pitch a tent
postáviti termin to fix a time (ali date), to appoint a day (ali time)
kam bomo postavili klavir? here shall we put the piano?
pred vrata so mu postavili miličnika they have posted a policeman at (ali in front of) his door
postavil ga je za svojega dediča he has appointed him his heir
postavili so ga za predsednika they nominated him president
postáviti ob stran (odložiti) to shelve
postavimo (recimo), da ne pride suppose he doesn't come
postáviti na preizkušnjo to put to the test
postáviti se (namestiti se) to place oneself, to take up one's post (ali position)
postáviti se v bran, po robu to make one's stand, to make a stand (against), to stand at bay, to show fight
postáviti se z (bahati se z) to pride oneself on, to boast of
postáviti se v špalir to form a line, to line up
postáviti se na glavo to stand on one's head
tudi če se na glavo postaviš (figurativno) in spite of anything you may do
postáviti vse na glavo to leave everything topsy-turvy, to turn everything upside down
postáviti se komu ob stran to side with someone