kedvét szegi

Hungarian

Etymology

kedv (“mood, fancy, affinity”) +‎ -e (“his/her”, possessive suffix) +‎ -t (accusative suffix) +‎ szeg (“to break, contravene”) +‎ -i (3rd-person suffix for definite object).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɛdveːtsɛɡi]

Verb

kedvét szegi

1. (idiomatic) to deflate, to let down, to disappoint someone, to spoil one’s happiness (with -nak/-nek)

   Synonyms: elkedvetlenít, elcsüggeszt, lehangol, lelomboz, elveszi/elrontja a kedvét, csalódást okoz

   A büntetés kedvét szegte. (the person affected only indicated by the 3rd-person possessive) ― The punishment discouraged him/her.

   A vidám társaságnak az eső sem szegte kedvét. ― The cheerful company wasn’t even discouraged by the rain.

Conjugation

• For the verb, see the definite forms of szeg.
• The noun kedv takes the appropriate possessive suffix (and usually the accusative ending) in accordance with the person (or other being) specified with the dative of the sentence: kedvem(et), kedved(et), kedvét, kedvünk(et), kedvetek(et), kedvük(et) (the accusative suffix being optional for 1st- and 2nd-person forms, especially in the singular).