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postávljati ➞ postaviti (bahati se) to boast, to brag, to swagger (z about), (prsiti se) to throw out one's chest

postdatírati to postdate

posteklíti to vitrify; to glaze

postíti se to fast; to refrain from eating (meat), to abstain from meat

postláti to make the bed

dobro, mehkó si postláti figurativno to feather one's nest
kakor si boš postlal, tako boš spal you've made your bed, now you must lie on it!
ni mi z rožicami postlano figurativno my life is not a bed of roses
kdor si dobro postelje, dobro spi arhaično do well and have well

postópati¹ (lenariti) to idle

postópati okoli to loaf, to loiter; žargon to mooch around ali about

postópati² (ravnati) to proceed, to act

sodno postópati to take legal proceedings
grdo postópati s kom to treat someone badly
strogo postópati s kom to deal harshly with someone
z menoj je postópal kot enak z enakim he treated me as his equal
dobro (slabo) postópati s kom arhaično to use someone well (ill); (podvzeti korake) to take measures (ali steps)

postotêriti to increase a hundredfold; to centuple; figurativno to increase greatly, to intensify

postréči to serve; to wait upon, to attend to; (z jedjo) to serve

postréči si (pri mizi) to help oneself
postrezite si, g. doktor! help yourself, please, doctor!
vam že strežejo?, ste že postreženi? (v trgovini) are you being attended to?
s čim vam naj postrežem? what can I do for you?, what can I show you?, what can I get you?
postregli so nam z vinom in pecivom we were offered wine and cakes
postregli vam bomo poceni in hitro we shall give you cheap and speedy service

postréljati to shoot (down); to bring down by shooting; to kill off by shooting

postrélil je pet zajcev (lov) he accounted for five hares
postréljal je vse naboje he fired (off) all the bullets

postréžen served, waited upon, attended to

postŕgati to scrape

postŕgati svoj krožnik to scrape one's plate
postŕgati (zbrati) zadnje ostanke svojih sredstev (figurativno, žargon) to scrape the bottom of the barrel

postrojíti vojska to line up

postrúžiti to turn

postrúžiti nogo za mizo to turn a table leg

postulírati (zahtevati, terjati) to postulate

posurovéti to become brutal, to grow brutish, to brutalize

posušíti to dry (up); (z dimom) to smoke, (meso, na zraku) to dry-cure

posušíti se to dry up; (rastlina) to shrivel (up), to wither; (vir, studenec) to dry up, to run dry
reka se je posušila the river has run dry
cesta se je posušila the road is dry

posúti to strew; to sprinkle, to scatter all over

posúti s praškom to powder
posúti s peskom to sand
posúti z gramozom to gravel
nebo je bilo posúto z zvezdami the sky was studded with stars

posváljkati to crumple; to rumple

posvaríti to warn (proti of, against, da... that...), to caution (proti against); (opomniti, ošteti) to admonish

posvarili so jo pred njim they warned her against him
posvaril me je, naj ne kadim he warned me against smoking
posvaril sem ga pred nevarnostjo I warned him of the danger
posvaril nas je, naj tega ne storimo he warned us not to do it