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potrébiti (drevje) to clear (away)

potrebováti to need; to require; to want; to necessitate; to be in need (kaj of something)

nujno potrebováti to need (ali to want) badly
potrebováti bolniško pomoč (oskrbo, nego) to require medical care
nujno potrebujem denar I need the money badly
imate vse, kar potrebujete? have you got all you require?
imam vse, kar potrebujem I have all I need
potreboval je dve uri, da je prepisal ono pismo he needed two hours to copy out that letter
koliko časa potrebuješ, da prideš na kolodvor? how long does it take you to get to the station?
potreboval sem pol ure, da sem prišel tja it took me half an hour to get there
precéj časa si potreboval za to you have been slow about it, that took you a long time

potrepljáti to pat, to tap; to give someone a tap

potrepljáti po hrbtu to pat (someone) on the back
potrepljáti po rami to tap (someone) on the shoulder, to give (someone) a tap on the shoulder

potrésti to shake (up); to agitate; to stir up (tekočino a liquid); (posuti) to strew; to intersperse

potrésti koga iz spanja to shake someone out of his sleep
otroci so potresli vrt z odpadki papirja the children have scattered wastepaper in the garden
potrésti se to shake, to tremble, to quake
hiša se je potresla od eksplozije the house shook with the explosion

potréti (streti, zdrobiti) to crush; figurativno to depress, to sadden, pogovorno to get someone down

potŕgati (cvetje ipd.) to pluck, to pick; (obleko) to tear; (gumbe) to tear off

potŕgati si obleko na žeblju to tear one's dress on a nail
potŕgati se to be torn off

potŕkati to knock (na at, po on), to rap

potŕkati po mizi to tap on the table
potŕkati na vrata to knock at the door
nekdo je potrkal there was a knock at the door

potrkávati to chime; to ring the changes, to peal, to ring (a peal)

potrojíti to treble, to triple; to triplicate

potrojíti se to treble, to triple
vrednost se je potrojila the value has trebled

potrosíti to strew; to powder

potrosíti s sladkorjem to powder with sugar
potrosíti s soljo to sprinkle with salt

potrošíti to spend, to expend (za on); to lay out; to disburse; to consume, to use up; (obilo) to lavish; (potratiti) to squander, to waste

ki se da potrošíti spendable
zaman potrošíti figurativno (v vodo vreči) to pour down the drain

potrpéti to have patience; to be patient; to wait patiently

potrpite malo! have a little patience!
potrpéti s kom to have patience with someone, to be patient with someone, to put up with someone, to bear with someone
moram potrpéti z njim I must bear with him

potrúditi se to endeavour; to trouble oneself; to make an effort, to try hard; to take pains

potrudil se bom, kolikor bom le mogel I'll do my best
zelo se potrúditi se to take great pains (z with)
moral se bom potrúditi se za kako drugo mesto (službo) I shall be obliged to look out for another situation
zame se je posebno potrudil he has taken special pains for my sake
potrudil se je k meni he came to see me
na vso moč potrúditi se to use one's best efforts

potúhniti se to sham; to dissemble; to feign

potujčeváti potújčiti to denationalize, to deprive of national rights

potujčeváti, potújčiti se to be denationalized

potúrčiti to make Turkish, to make Moslem (ali Mohammedan)

potúrčiti se to turn Turk (ali Moslem, Mohammedan)
poturčen turned Turk (ali Moslem, Mohammedan)

poučljív teachable; ready ali eager to be taught (ali to learn)

poučljív otrok an apt pupil

poučljívost teachability, readiness to learn, aptness for learning

poudáriti poudárjati to stress, to place stress on; to accent, to accentuate; to emphasize; to lay stress on (ali upon); to make a point of, to make the point (da that...)

močno poudáriti, poudárjati to lay great stress (kaj upon something)

použíti to eat up; to consume