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[swei] 1. verb1) (to (cause to) move from side to side or up and down with a swinging or rocking action: The branches swayed gently in the breeze.) zibati se2) (to influence the opinion etc of: She's too easily swayed by her feelings.) vplivati2. noun1) (the motion of swaying: the sway of the ship's deck.) zibanje2) (power, rule or control: people under the sway of the dictator.) vpliv* * *I [swéi]transitive verbzibati, gugati, majati; vihteti; zvijati, pripogibati; nautical dvigati; figuratively vplivati, delovati na; rokovati; upravljati, voditi, vladati (komu, čemu); odvrniti (od naklepa); intransitive verb gugati se, zibati se, nihati, majati se, zvijati se, nagibati se, pripogibati se ( towards k, proti); kreniti, zaviti; opotekati se, omahovati; vladatito sway home — kreniti, zaviti proti domuto sway the sceptre — držati žezlo, vladatiII [swéi]nounzibanje, pozibavanje, nihanje; mahanje, vihtenje, zamah; zvijanje; vpliv, moč, oblast, vlada(nje)to fall under s.o.'s sway — priti pod vpliv kake osebe
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