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zmúzniti se (uiti) to escape; to slip away

zmúzniti se komu iz rok to slip from one's hands
skozi prste se ti zmuzne he slips through your fingers
zmúzniti se iz, skozi to wriggle out of, through
zmúzniti se v to wriggle one's way into

znáčiti (pomeniti) to signify; to mean; to denote; to indicate

znájti se (orientirati se) to orient oneself, to orientate oneself, to know one's way around; to find one's bearings; figurativno to be resourceful; to see how the land lies

sam se znajti to shift for oneself, to make shift; to contrive
on se zelo dobro znajde he manages very well
moram se znajti I must shift as well as I can
ne morem se znajti (pogovorno) I'm at my wits' end
ne se znajti to be baffled
hitro znájti se to adapt rapidly

znakazíti to disfigure; to deform

znakažen disfigured, deformed

znášati to amount to, to add up to, to come to

(znositi) znášati skupaj to total
koliko znaša račun? what does the bill amount to?
koliko znaša to? what does it amount to?
izdatki, stroški so znašali 10 funtov the expenses, the cost amounted to (ali totalled, added up to, came to) ten pounds
znášati se nad kom to wreak one's anger (ali rage, fury) upon someone, (z udarci) to give someone a thrashing

znáti to know

znáti na pamet to know by heart
dobro znáti kaj to be A1 at something
ne znam angleško I cannot speak English, I do not know English
znate francosko? do you know French?
znaš igrati šah? can you play chess?
on misli, da vse zna he thinks he knows everything
on zna brati grško he can read Greek
znaš dobro današnjo lekcijo? do you know your lesson for today well?
tega si ne znam razložiti I don't know what to make of it (ali of this)
zelo dobro znáti lekcijo to have the lesson at one's fingertips
ona zna vsaj (najmanj) 5 jezikov she knows at least five languages
znáti (spoznati se na) svoj posel to know one's own business, (žargon) to know one's onions, (pogovorno) to know the ropes, to know what's what

znebíti se to get rid of, to be rid of, to rid oneself of

znebíti se koga (figurativno) to see the back of someone
nisem se ga mogel znebíti se I could not get rid of him
znebíti se dolga to rid oneself of a debt
končno smo se jih znebili we are rid of them at last

znêsti (jajce) to lay (an egg); (vsota, stroški) to amount to, to come to, to total; to figure out

koliko znese moj račun? what does my bill amount to?
znêsti se nad kom to vent one's rage on someone, to wreak one's anger (ali one's fury) on someone, (z udarci, žargon) to give someone a walloping

znížati to lower; (zmanjšati) to reduce, to cut, down, to diminish, to retrench, to decrease

znížati cene to abate
znížati vozne cene to reduce (ali to cut) fares
znížati ceno, vrednost to depreciate

znojíti se to sweat, to perspire; figurativno (= garati, mučiti se) to toil, to toil and moil, to drudge, to sweat blood

znojim se I am perspiring, pogovorno I'm sweating

znoréti to become (ali to go) mad (ali insane, crazy); to go off one's head (ali pogovorno off one's rocker); to lose one's mind (ali pogovorno one's marbles)

si znorel? are you out of your senses?
človek bi znorel ob tem! it is enough to drive one mad!
menda nisem znorel, da bi to storil? surely I'm not such a fool as to do that?
je znorel? has he taken leave of his senses?

zobáti (zobljem) to peck (up); to pick

z njim ni dobro češenj zobáti (figurativno) it doesn't pay to fool around with him

zóbčati to indent; to tooth

zogleníti to char; to carbonize; to burn

zoráti to plough up

zoréti to ripen, to grow ripe; to mature

zoríti to ripen; to mature

zostríti (naostriti, izostriti) to sharpen

zovčín inviter to a wedding

zóžiti (se) to narrow; to contract; (obleko) to take in