Translations for „owe“ in the English » Slovenian Dictionary

owe [əʊ] VB trans

1. owe (be in debt):

owe

dolgovati

to owe it to oneself to do sth

čutiti se dolžnega kaj narediti

to owe sb an explanation

dolgovati komu pojasnilo

to owe sb thanks/gratitude

dolgovati komu zahvalo/hvaležnost

to owe sb one inf

biti dolžnik koga

2. owe (be indebted):

to owe sb sth

dolgovati komu kaj

Usage examples with owe

to owe sb one inf

biti dolžnik koga

you owe me 5 € apiece

za vsak kos mi dolguješ 5 evrov

to owe sb an explanation

dolgovati komu pojasnilo

you owe him an apology

opravičiti se mu moraš

to owe sb thanks/gratitude

dolgovati komu zahvalo/hvaležnost

to owe it to oneself to do sth

čutiti se dolžnega kaj narediti

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

At around the same time, there was the discovery of a 250,000 tax bill owed by the band.

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He doesn't owe anything else to the sport.

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Critics argue that because students owe a percentage of their income, the investor therefore own a piece of the student.

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There is not a teacher out here who does not owe him something.

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We therefore owe it to our country to give it a real choice.

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The club owed 115,156 in tax and the judge issued a winding up order.

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Tam was reportedly owing $2 million in legal costs in 2011.

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The sun rises on a new dawn, yet few of us realize the debt we owe to those responsible for this.

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The pink hall owes its name to the pink plastered walls of the palace section.

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Especially when you owe him money and have been giving him the slip for a few years.

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