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kvákati to quack, to croak

žabe kvákajo the frogs are croaking

kvalificírati to qualify (za for)

kvalificírati se to qualify (za for, kot as)

kvantáti to use foul (ali dirty, filthy, obscene) language; to tell dirty stories

kváriti to spoil; to damage, to ruin; to mar; (moralno) to deprave, to pervert, to corrupt, to taint, to vitiate

kváriti se to be spoilt(marred), (živež) to perish, to rot, to taint, to deteriorate, to decay
vročina kvari ribe the fish goes off in the heat, the heat taints the fish
to sadje se kvari this fruit is perishable (ali does not keep)
kváriti komu tek to spoil someone's appetite
kváriti zrak to pollute the air
kváriti si oči z branjem pri sveči to spoil one's eyes reading by candlelight
ta film kvari okus občinstva that film corrupts public taste

kvartáti to play cards

kvartopíriti to play cards for money

kvartopirec gambler who plays cards for money

kvasáti to drivel, to talk foolishly, to waffle, to talk nonsense

kvásiti to leaven; (meso) to soak in vinegar; (govoričiti) to talk foolishly, to talk nonsense; to talk rot

ne kvasi mi jih! don't talk rubbish!

kvéčiti (kriviti) to curve, to bend; to distort; to twist; (hrbet) to hunch

kvotírati to quote

labializírati to labialize

laborírati to labour

lagáti to lie (komu to someone); to tell lies; to belie; to speak untruths; pogovorno to tell fibs, to fib; evfemizem to be economical with the truth; (pretiravati) to talk tall, to exaggerate, to stretch (ali to colour) the truth, to draw the long bow

lagal sem mu I lied to him
debelo to lie in (ali through) one's back teeth
on mi laže v obraz he lies to my face
laže tako, da sam sebi verjame he lies like a book
laže, kot pes teče she's a bare-faced liar, he lies like a gas-meter, arhaično he can spin a twister

lahkovéren credulous; easily convinced; gullible; too ready to believe

lahkovéren človek gull
on je lahkovéren (on vse verjame) he will swallow anything you tell him

lájati to bark (na at), (bevskati) to yelp; to bay

on bolj laja kot grize his bark is worse than his bite
pes, ki laja, ne grize great barkers are no biters

lájnati to grind a barrel-organ; figurativno to parrot, to recite in a singsong voice

vedno isto lájnati (figurativno) to keep harping on the same string
organist vse leto lajna iste melodije the organist churns out the same tunes all year round

lájšati to mitigate; to alleviate; to relieve; to allay

lakirati to lacquer, to varnish; to japan

črno lakirano usnje japanned leather

laksírati to purge; to take a laxative (ali an aperient)

lamentírati to lament (za, nad for, over)