song

[soŋ]

noun

1) (something (to be) sung: He wrote this song for his wife to sing.) pesem

2) (singing: He burst into song.) petje

3) (the sound(s) made by a bird: birdsong.) petje

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- songbird

- songwriter

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[sɔŋ]

noun

pesem (za petje), petje; spev, pesem, pesnitev, poezija; figuratively malenkost

for an old song figuratively zelo poceni

song of a motor — šum, brnenje motorja

no song, no supper figuratively za malo denarja, malo muzike, za (iz) nič ni nič

not worth an old song — piškavega oreha ne vreden

folk song, traditional song — ljudska (narodna) pesem

part song music pesem za več glasov

sacred song — duhovna pesem

it's the same old song — to je (vedno) ista stara pesem

to burst forth into song — začeti (naglas) peti

to buy (to sell, to get) for a song (for a mere song) — kupiti (prodati, dobiti) za skorjico kruha (zelo poceni, skoraj zastonj)

to change one's song — ubrati drug ton (druge strune)

he gave me a song and dance about how busy he was — pripovedoval mi je čuda o tem, koliko dela ima

to sing another song (a different song) — drugo pesmico zapeti, figuratively spremeniti ton, ubrati druge strune

that's nothing to make a song about — zaradi tega ni treba delati nobenega hrupa, to ni važno