Translations for „žreti“ in the Slovenian » English Dictionary

I . žr|éti <žrèm; žŕl> VB imperf trans fig inf

1. žreti (jesti):

žreti

to gorge

žreti

to devour

žreti

to pig out

tega ne bom žrl

I won't eat that

2. žreti (veliko piti):

žreti

to gulp (down)

3. žreti (vznemirjati):

žreti

to eat

kaj te žre?

what's eating you?

žreti komu živce fig

to eat at sb's nerves

4. žreti (porabljati):

žreti

to gulp

avtomobil žre devet litrov

the car gulps nine litres

II . žr|éti VB imperf refl

žreti žreti se inf:

žreti se

to eat oneself up over sb/sth

ne žri se zaradi njega

don't eat yourself up because of him

Usage examples with žreti

žreti komu živce fig

to eat at sb's nerves

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

Slovenian

Sputnik virofag (iz »virus« in grške besede φάγειν: phagein - žreti) je specifičen virus, ki je funkcionalno podoben bakteriofagom.

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Bakteriofági, ali samo fági (gr. φαγεῖν phagein = žreti), so virusi, ki zajedajo v bakterijah, in so navadno specifični za vrsto ali sev bakterij.

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Elija se začne žreti zaradi vaščanov, kar mu ni pogodu.

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