pod

Definitions

1. 1.
   floor

   • pasti na pod

     to fall to the floor

2. 2.
   ground
3. 3.
   under, beneath (with change of position, answering the question kùda)

   • S(j)ela je pod stablo.

     She sat down under the tree.

   • Pao je pod vlak.

     He fell under the train.

4. 4.
   under, beneath (stationary, answering the question gdjȅ/gdȅ)

   • pod suncem

     under the sun

   • Ona s(j)edi pod stablom.

     She is sitting under the tree.

5. 5.
   under, beneath (being in a particular condition)

   • biti pod sumnjom

     to be under suspicion

   • biti pod pritiskom

     to be under pressure

   • biti pod dojmom

     to be under impression

6. 6.
   near, toward, in (temporal, with nouns denoting a final temporal segment)

   • pod jesen

     toward fall

   • pod kraj

     near the end

   • pod starost

     in one's old age

7. 7.
   during (temporal)

   • pod odmorom

     during the (school) break

   • pod pauzom

     during the (job) break

   • pod satom

     during the (school) lesson

8. 8.
   as, instead of, in lieu of

   • pokušati prodati mrkvu pod rotkvu

     to try selling carrot as radish

9. 9.
   miscellaneous idiomatic meanings

   • baciti pod noge

     to reject, throw away

   • nebu pod oblake

     far away

   • pod uv(j)etom/uslovom da

     under the condition of, on the condition that

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