Translations for „serve“ in the English » Slovenian Dictionary

I . serve [sɜ:v] N SPORTS

serve

servis m

II . serve [sɜ:v] VB trans

1. serve (in hotel, restaurant, shop):

serve

streči [perf postreči]

2. serve:

serve (present food, drink)

streči [perf postreči]

serve (present food, drink)

ponujati [perf ponuditi]

serve (present food, drink)

servirati

serve (make ready to eat)

pripravljati [perf pripraviti]

3. serve (be enough for):

serve

zadoščati

this serves 4 to 5

zadošča za 4 do 5 oseb

4. serve (work for):

to serve sth

služiti čemu

to serve the public

služiti javnosti

5. serve (complete due period):

serve

odslužiti

to serve five years as president

opravljati petletni predsedniški mandat

to serve a prison sentence

odslužiti zaporno kazen

6. serve (provide for):

serve

oskrbeti

serve

postreči

7. serve (perform a function):

to serve a purpose

služiti svojemu namenu

if my memory serves me right

če se prav spomnim

8. serve SPORTS:

to serve the ball

servirati

this serves him right inf

prav mu je

to serve time [for sth] inf

sedeti v zaporu [zaradi česa]

III . serve [sɜ:v] VB intr

1. serve (provide food, drink):

serve

streči [perf postreči]

serve

servirati

2. serve (work for):

serve

služiti

to serve as sth

delovati kot kaj

to serve in the army

služiti vojsko

to serve on the council

biti član mestnega sveta

to serve on a jury

biti v poroti

3. serve:

serve (suffice)

zadoščati

serve (be of use)

pomagati

4. serve SPORTS:

serve

servirati

serve out VB trans

1. serve (in restaurant, pub):

serve

streči [perf postreči]

serve drink

točiti [perf natočiti]

serve food

deliti [perf razdeliti]

2. serve (complete a due period):

serve

odslužiti

serve jail sentence

odslužiti

serve jail sentence

odsedeti

serve jail sentence term of office

zaključiti

serve jail sentence term of office

končati

serve up VB trans

serve

servirati

Usage examples with serve

to serve time [for sth] inf

sedeti v zaporu [zaradi česa]

to serve a sentence

prestajati zaporno kazen

to serve the public

služiti javnosti

to serve a purpose

služiti svojemu namenu

to serve the ball

servirati

to serve sb faithfully

vdano služiti komu

return of serve

odboj servisa

to serve in the army

služiti vojsko

to serve on the council

biti član mestnega sveta

to serve on a jury

biti v poroti

to serve a prison sentence

odslužiti zaporno kazen

to serve five years as president

opravljati petletni predsedniški mandat

to serve a subpoena on sb

vročiti komu sodni poziv

to serve as a template for sth fig

služiti čemu kot model

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The bus lines that serve the area carry about 5 million passengers per year as of 2012, which is a sufficient ridership for a tram line.

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In addition, a transistor can serve to amplify an existing current in a circuit.

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We are actively applying our creative financing abilities to serve local clients in the southeast.

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If you like the soup chunky serve as is or mash partially with a potato masher.

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The liquid assets serve as the cushion for the broker-dealer's recovery of the full amounts owed to it by customers.

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And if we want to serve that segment we can't do it on a me-too approach.

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A number of web pages exist that serve to perpetuate the tale.

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Gaudy patterns glorious with all hues are a cloth version of a kaleidoscope and only serve worshipers of Mammon.

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Campus spaces serve as virtual laboratories for the study of desert development, biological sciences and the symbiotic relationship between environment and community.

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The original gas pipes now serve as tubing to hold electrical wire.

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