Meaning of žena | Babel Free

Definitions

1. woman
2. wife
3. pupil (of the eye)
4. Equivalent to 'wife': A married woman, especially in relation to her spouse.

Equivalents

Examples

“Zgodna žena”

Pretty Woman

“Žena bez imena”

Woman without a Name

“Žena od koje se razvodiš nije žena kojom si se oženio.”

The woman you divorce is not the woman you married.

“Žene se udaju nadajući se da će se muškarac prom(ij)eniti, a muškarci se žene misleći da žena neće.”

Women marry men hoping they will change, and men marry women thinking they won't.

“Dobru lubenicu i dobru ženu ne možeš izabrati, samo potrefiti.”

A good watermelon and a good wife can never be chosen, only guessed.

“Medicina mi je zakonita žena, a književnost ljubavnica.”

Medicine is my lawful wife, and literature is my mistress.

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