HUNGaRY

– Which country is the worst place for your stomach?
– ???
– HUNGaRY 😀

névjegykártya

névjegykártya [ˈneːvjɛɟkaːrcɑ] – business card

[Literally::: name-sign-card]

 

névjegy [ˈneːvjɛɟ] – business card (slang)

név [ˈneːv] – name

jegy [ˈjɛɟ]

1) mark; note

2) ticket

 

kártya [ˈkaːrcɑ] – card

porszívó

porszívó [ˈporsiːvoː] – vacuum cleaner

[Literally::: dust-sucker]

 

por [ˈpor] – dust

szívni [ˈsiːvni] – to suck

szív [ˈsiːv]

1) he/she/it is sucking

2) heart

térerő vs. erőtér

térerő [ˈteːrɛrøː] – signal; reception

erőtér [ˈɛrøːteːr] – force field

 

tér [ˈteːr] – square; space; field; scope; range

erő [ˈɛrøː] – force; power; strength

 

Az Erő legyen veled! – May the Force be with you!

négyszemközt

négyszemközt [ˈneːɟsemkøst] – in private; between you and me
[Literally::: four-eyes-between]

Beszélhetnénk négyszemközt? – Could we talk in private?

négyszemközti [ˈneːɟsemkøsti] – private; one-to-one
négy [ˈneːɟ] – four
szem [ˈsem] – eye
között [ˈkøzøtː] – between; among
közt [ˈkøst] – between; among

asztalos

asztalos [ˈɑstɑloʃ] – joiner

[Literally::: tabler; man-with-table; table-maker]

 

asztal [ˈɑstɑl] – table

ács [ˈaːtʃ] – carpenter

kétszínű

kétszínű [ˈkeːtsiːnyː] – insincere; double-tongued

[Literally::: two-coloured]

 

kettő [ˈketːøː] – two

két [ˈkeːt] – two

szín [ˈsiːn] – colour

színű [ˈtsiːnyː] – coloured

Báthory Erzsébet

Last weekend I visited the ruins of the castle in Čachtice (Csejte), which used to be the home of Erzsébet Báthory who is alleged to be the world’s most prolific female serial killer… she was a Hungarian noblewoman from the Báthory family of nobility in the Kingdom of Hungary.

There is a room with infographical tables in the castle with texts (in English, German, Hungarian and Slovak) about her, the era and the castle itself. Be sure to visit the place once you visit Slovakia. 😉

You can read some more about her on wikipedia or here.

iránytű

iránytű [ˈiraːɲtyː] – compass
[Literally::: direction-needle]

Basically it is a needle, that shows you the direction (mostly where is North). “If a needle is rubbed on a lodestone or other magnet, the needle becomes magnetized. When it is inserted in a cork or piece of wood, and placed in a bowl of water it becomes a compass. Such devices were universally used as compass until the invention of the box-like compass with a ‘dry’ pivoting needle sometime around 1300.” ~ wiki

irány [ˈiraːɲ] – direction
tű [ˈtyː] – needle; pin

borravaló

borravaló [ˈborːɑvɑloː] – gratuity; tip
[Literally::: for (you to have a glass of) wine]

The money you customarily give in addition to the basic price to a waiter/waitress in a bar, café or restaurant.

bor [ˈbor] – wine