láttára

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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From látta +‎ -ra (onto, case suffix), from lát (to see) +‎ -ta (noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈlaːtːaːrɒ]
  • Hyphenation: lát‧tá‧ra
  • Rhymes: -rɒ

Adverb

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láttára (not comparable)

  1. (usually construed with szeme (one’s eye[s]) in the appropriate personal-suffixed form) at the sight of someone, in one’s presence, on seeing someone or something, in full view of someone, before one’s eyes
    (A) szemem láttára lopta el a kártyát.S/he stole the card before my very eyes. (literally, “…at the sight of my eye”)

Declension

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Further reading

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  • látta 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