Meaning of roh | Babel Free

Definitions

1. horn (a hard, hollow permanent growth on the head of certain mammals)
   inanimate, masculine
2. horn (a musical or signaling instrument, originally made from an animal horn)
   inanimate, masculine
3. horn-shaped container (a vessel, such as a drinking horn or the horn of plenty)
   inanimate, masculine
4. handle, bump, horn (an object or part resembling a horn, e.g., a handle, a bump on the head, spinal horns, etc.)
   inanimate, masculine, metonymically
5. keratin, horn (the hard material of which horns or hooves are composed)
   colloquial, inanimate, masculine
6. corner, edge, vertex (the point or area where two edges or surfaces meet)
   inanimate, masculine
7. street corner, corner of a building (the external angle of a building or the place where two streets intersect)
   inanimate, masculine
8. corner (of a room), nook (the internal angle formed by two meeting walls; also a corner of a field or goal)
   inanimate, masculine
9. corner kick, corner throw (a play in football or basketball initiated from the corner)
   inanimate, masculine, slang

Equivalents

Examples

“narástli mu rohy”

to get too big for one's boots

“ukázať svoje rohy”

to show one's true colors

“tma ako v rohu”

pitch black

“oblámať niekomu rohy”

to take someone down a peg

“tvrdý ako roh”

hard as nails

“Starý baran mal mohutné, špirálovito zatočené rohy.”

The old ram had massive, spirally curved horns.

“Z hlbokého lesa sa ozval prenikavý zvuk loveckého rohu.”

The piercing sound of a hunting horn echoed from the deep forest.

“roh hojnosti”

the horn of plenty / cornucopia

“Hostia na hostine pili silnú medovinu z vyrezávaných volských rohov.”

The guests at the feast drank strong mead from carved ox horns.

“Po náraze do dverí mu na čele v okamihu narástol poriadny roh.”

After hitting the door, a proper bump grew on his forehead in an instant.

“Kôň si na ostrom kameni nepríjemne rozrazil kopytný roh.”

The horse unpleasantly split its hoof horn on a sharp stone.

“Poznačil si dôležité telefónne číslo na roh novín.”

He noted down an important phone number on the corner of the newspaper.

“na každom rohu”

everywhere

“zahnúť za roh”

to turn the corner / to disappear

“Stretneme sa presne o piatej na rohu ulice pri tom starom kníhkupectve.”

We will meet exactly at five on the street corner by that old bookstore.

“V hornom rohu izby si pavúk nepozorovane utkal veľkú sieť.”

In the upper corner of the room, a spider unnoticed wove a large web.

“Domáci tím v poslednej minúte zápasu vybojoval rozhodujúci roh.”

The home team won a decisive corner (kick) in the last minute of the match.

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