beáll

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Hungarian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From be- +‎ áll (to stand).

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beáll

  1. (intransitive) to step into something (-ba/-be)
    Synonyms: beleáll, belelép, belép
  2. (intransitive) to go to or step into a covered or protected place
    Beálltam az eresz alá az eső elől.I stood under the eaves to avoid the rain.
  3. (intransitive, of a lake or river) to freeze
    Synonym: befagy
  4. (intransitive, of traffic) to jam up; (of a road) to become congested
    Synonyms: bedugul, elakad, megreked
    Beállt a forgalom a körúton.The traffic jammed up on the boulevard.
  5. (transitive, archaic) to block, obstruct (a road, door etc.)
    Synonyms: eláll, eltorlaszol, elzár
  6. (intransitive, informal, chiefly in the negative, of the mouth) to stop speaking, to shut up
    Synonym: elhallgat
    Soha nem áll be a szája.His/her tongue never stops wagging. (literally, “His/her mouth never shuts up.”)
  7. (intransitive, informal, of a body part) to stiffen up, tighten up, to freeze (to become stiff and painful)
    Synonyms: befagy, befeszül
    Tegnap éjjel beállt a nyakam.My neck tightened up last night.
    1. (intransitive, informal, of pain) to enter a body part (-ba/-be)
      Synonym: beleáll
  8. (intransitive, slang) to get high (to intoxicate oneself with drugs)
    Synonym: bedrogozik

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Further reading[edit]

  • beáll in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • beáll in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)