(ő egy) lepedőakrobata [ˈlɛpɛdøːɑkrobɑtɑ] – he/she is really good in bed
(Literally: (he/she is a) bed sheet acrobat)
lepedő [ˈlɛpɛdøː]
1) sheet
2) bed sheet
ágylepedő [ˈaːɟlɛpɛdøː] – bed sheet
ágy [ˈaːɟ] – bed
akrobata [ˈɑkrobɑtɑ] – acrobat
erőművész [ˈɛrøːmyːveːs] – acrobat; strongman
erő [ˈɛrøː] – strength; force; power
művész [ˈmyːveːs] – artist
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köddé vált [ˈkødːeː vaːlt] – he/she/it disappeared
(Literally: he/she/it has turned into fog)
köddé válik [ˈkødːeː vaːlik] – he/she/it is disappearing
köddé válni [ˈkødːeː vaːlni]
1) to disappear
2) to nebulize
köd [ˈkød] – fog; mist; haze
ködös [ˈkødøʃ]
1) foggy; hazy
2) unclear; uncertain; unclarified; confused
3) blurry; blurred; clouded
levegő [ˈlɛvɛgøː] – air
lebegő [ˈlɛbɛgøː] – floating
lebegni [ˈlɛbɛgni] – to float
lebeg [ˈlɛbɛg] – he/she/it is floating
libeg-lobog [ˈlibɛglobog] – it’s waving / flying (in the air)
libegő-lobogó [ˈlibɛgøː lobogoː] – waving; flying
libegő [ˈlibɛgøː]
1) waving; flying
2) chair lift
lobogó [ˈlobogøː]
1) fluttering; flickering; flaming; waving
2) flag (also as “zászló”)
lég [ˈleːg]
1) air; atmosphere
2) air-; aerial (in compound words)
lélegezni [ˈleːlɛgɛzni] – to breathe
lélegzik [ˈleːlɛgzik] – he/she/it breathes; he/she/it is breathing
lélegzet [ˈleːlɛgzɛt] – breath
lélek [ˈleːlɛk] – soul; spirit; ghost
tökkelütött [ˈtøkːɛlytøtː] – stupid, doltish person; imbecile; nincompoop
(Literally: a person, who has been hit/beaten with a pumpkin; hit/beaten with a pumpkin)
tök [ˈtøk]
1) cucurbita
2) squash; pumpkin 🎃
3) male genital (slang)
ütni [ˈytni]
1) to hit; to strike; to beat; to knock; to slap; to smack
2) to take after (followed by -ra/-re)
(e.g.: Apjára ütött. – He takes after his father.)
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vizsla [ˈviʒlɑ] – Hungarian dog breed 🐕
vizslat [ˈviʒlɑt] – he/she/it is seeking / searching for something for a long time, repetitively (like a vizsla); he/she/it is ferreting about; he/she/it is scanning
vizslatni [ˈviʒlɑtni] – to seek / searching for something for a long time, repetitively; to ferret about; to scan
vizsgálni [ˈviʒgaːlni] – to investigate; to examine; to analyse; to check 🕵️
vizsgál [ˈviʒgaːl] – he/she investigates/examines/checks
vizsga [ˈviʒgɑ] – exam; test
motorháztető [ˈmotorhaːztɛtøː] – car bonnet; car hood
(Literally: engine-house-roof)
motor [ˈmotor] – engine; motor
ház [ˈhaːz] – house
tető [ˈtɛtøː] – roof; top
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macskakő [ˈmɑtʃkɑkøː] – sett; Belgian block; cobblestone
(Literally: cat-stone)
The word macskakő is
1) either the short version of macskafejkő [ˈmɑtʃkɑfɛjkøː] (cat-head-stone) and is coming from the German word Katzenkopfstein with the same meaning; and the naming is based on the little stone blocks reminding people of a cat’s head because of their size or shape,
2) or the little block stones were named after their origin: Macskalyuk bánya (Cat-hole mine) near Somoskő in Hungary, where such block stones have used to be made for mainly local use.
macska [ˈmɑtʃkɑ] – cat
fej [ˈfɛj] – head
kő [ˈkøː] – stone
légszomj [ˈleːgsomj] – shortness of breath; dyspnea
(Literally: air-thirst)
lég [ˈleːg]; levegő [ˈlɛvɛgøː] – air; wind; ullage
szomj [ˈsomj] – thirst (archaic)
szomjúság [ˈsomjuːʃaːg] – thirst
szomjas [ˈsomjɑʃ] – thirsty
fapados járat [ˈfɑpɑdoʃ jaːrɑt] – low-cost flight
[Literally: wooden-bench flight]
fa [ˈfɑ]
1) tree
2) wood
3) wooden
4) lumber; timber
pad [ˈpɑd]
1) bench
2) table; desk (at school)
3) pew (in church)
4) dock; stand (in court)
5) attic; loft (dialectical) (also as padlás)
járat [ˈjaːrɑt]
1) flight; line (e.g. of public transportation)
2) passage (underground cavity)
repülőgép [ˈrɛpyløːgeːp] – airplane
repülni [ˈrɛpylni] – to fly
gép [ˈgeːp] – machine
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sugárhajtású repülőgép [ˈʃugaːrhɑjtaːsuː rɛpyløːgeːp] – jet
[Literally::: jet-powered flying-machine]
sugárhajtású [ˈʃugaːrhɑjtaːsuː] – jet-powered
sugár [ˈʃugaːr]
1) ray; beam (of light or radiation)
2) jet; spurt; stream (of liquid)
3) radius (a line segment between any point of a circle or sphere and its center)
repülőgép [ˈrɛpyløːgeːp] – airplane
repülni [ˈrɛpylni] – to fly
gép [ˈgeːp] – machine
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