once

1. adverb

1) (a single time: He did it once; If I could see her once again I would be happy.) enkrat

2) (at a time in the past: I once wanted to be a dancer.) nekoč

2. conjunction

(when; as soon as: Once (it had been) unlocked, the door opened easily.) brž ko

- at once

- just for once
- for once
- once and for all
- once in a while

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I [wans]

adverb

enkrat, nekoč, svojčas

once and again, once or twice — od časa do časa, ponovno

once again, once more — še enkrat

once a day — enkrat na dan

once (and) for all — enkrat za vselej

colloquially once in a blue moon — zelo redko

once bit twice shy — kdor se enkrat opeče, ne bo več poskušal; izkušnja te nauči previdnosti

not once — niti enkrat, nikoli

once (upon a time) — nekoč

once in a while ( —ali way) — tu in tam, včasih, redko

once and away — enkrat za vselej; včasih

all at once — nenadoma, istočasno

at once — takoj

more than once — večkrat

II [wans]

conjunction

čim, brž ko

once he hesitates — brž ko se obotavlja

III [wans]

noun

enkratnost

every once in a while — od časa do časa

for once — izjemno, vsaj enkrat

once is no custom — enkrat ni nobenkrat

IV [wans]

adjective (redko) nekdanji

my once master — moj nekdanji gospodar