Translations for „boring“ in the English » Slovenian Dictionary

bor·ing [ˈbɔ:rɪŋ] ADJ

boring

dolgočasen

bore¹ [bɔ:ʳ] N

bore

plimski val m

bore² [bɔ:ʳ] VB

bore pt of bear:

See also bear up , bear off , bear , bear

bear up VB intr

bear

prenašati [perf prenesti]

bear

držati se

she's bearing up

dobro se drži

bear off VB trans

1. bear (defend against):

bear

braniti se pred

2. bear (carry away):

bear

odriniti

I . bear² <bore, borne [or Am alsoborn]> [beəʳ] VB trans

1. bear (carry):

bear gifts

prinašati [perf prinesti]

bear liter tidings

sporočiti

to bear the blame form

biti kriv

to bear the blame form

prevzeti odgovornost na svoja pleča

to bear the cost

nositi stroške

2. bear (endure):

bear

prenašati [perf prenesti]

it doesn't bear thinking about

o tem se ne splača razmišljati

to not be able to bear the suspense

ne biti zmožen prenesti napetosti

to not be able to bear criticism

ne biti zmožen prenesti kritike

3. bear (harbour):

to bear sb a grudge

kuhati zamero do koga

to bear no ill-will

ne zameriti ničesar

4. bear (display):

to bear a resemblance to sb

biti podoben komu

to bear the scars fig

nositi posledice

to bear one's age well

biti videti mlajši kot v resnici

5. bear (keep):

I'll bear that in mind

to bom imel v mislih

6. bear (give birth to):

bear

roditi

his wife bore him a son

žena mu je rodila sina

7. bear BOT:

to bear fruit

obroditi sadove tudi fig

8. bear FIN:

to bear 8% interest

prinesti 8 % obresti

9. bear (testify):

to bear witness to

biti priča +dat

II . bear² <bore, borne [or Am alsoborn]> [beəʳ] VB intr

1. bear (tend):

to bear right

držati se desne

2. bear (be patient):

to bear with sb

biti potrpežljiv s kom

3. bear (approach):

to bear down on

planiti na

4. bear:

(be relevant) to bear on

biti v zvezi s čim

to bear on (have affect on)

vplivati na

5. bear (put pressure on):

to bring pressure to bear on

izvajati pritisk

bear¹ [beəʳ] N

1. bear (animal):

bear

medved m

she bear

medvedka

to be like a bear with a sore head fig

biti pravi godrnjač

2. bear FIN:

bear

špekulant m pri padcih tečajev

I . bore³ [bɔ:ʳ] N

1. bore (thing):

bore

dolgčas m

what a bore

kakšen dolgčas

2. bore (person):

bore

dolgočasnež(dolgočasnica) m (f)

II . bore³ [bɔ:ʳ] VB trans

bore

utrujati

I . bore⁴ [bɔ:ʳ] N

1. bore (of pipe):

bore

premer m

2. bore (of gun):

bore

kaliber m

II . bore⁴ [bɔ:ʳ] VB trans

bore

izvrtati

III . bore⁴ [bɔ:ʳ] VB intr to bore through

bore

prevrtati

Usage examples with boring

he's so boring and, you know, sort of spooky

tako dolgočasen je, pa še, saj veš, malo čudaški

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Invertebrates such as the larvae of wood-boring moths are also eaten.

en.wikipedia.org

When winning is habit-forming, it also grows boring.

www.latimes.com

Also, by no mean these people would live a boring live, with shops that closes at 10-11pm at night monday to sunday, window shopping is jsut as fun.

www.gizmodo.com.au

The century old traditions of suits during the week, and Bermuda shorts and polos on the weekend are rapidly fading into memories of a more boring past.

www.digitaljournal.com

No Christmas pudding from the supermarket and boring old home-made mince pies there.

www.express.co.uk

But this time it just felt like a cheap way to liven up a clearly very boring, uninspired, weak episode of television.

en.wikipedia.org

To her surprise, the boys seem to prefer playing safe but rather boring games, such as a sitting-still contest, so she encourages them to liven up.

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The plausibility of such machines has declined with the advent of the real-world tunnel boring machines, which demonstrate the reality of the boring task.

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Most seaweed boring gribbles attack holdfasts and their activities can cause the seaweed to come adrift especially during storms.

en.wikipedia.org

I am a boring prude with little imagination.

www.telegraph.co.uk