kováti to forge, to smith; to hammer; to stamp; (denar) to coin, to mint; figurativno (snovati) to devise; to frame; (spletke) to plot, to scheme, to hatch
kováti stihe to versify, to rhyme, ZDA to rime, to write trashy verse (ali doggerel)
kováti denar to coin money, to strike coins
v zvezde kováti to extol to the skies
kuj železo, dokler je vroče make hay while the sun shines, strike while the iron's hot
kováti nove načrte to devise (ali to hatch) new schemes