befordul

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Hungarian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

be- +‎ fordul

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈbɛfordul]
  • Hyphenation: be‧for‧dul
  • Rhymes: -ul

Verb[edit]

befordul

  1. (intransitive) to turn (followed by lative suffixes) (to change direction and enter a relatively narrower or closed place)
    befordul a sarkonto turn the corner, to walk around the corner
    Befordultunk jobbra, egy mellékutcára.We turned right into a side street.
    A kocsi befordult a térre.The car entered the square.
    • 1843, Sándor Petőfi, Befordúltam a konyhára…:
      Befordúltam a konyhára, / Rágyujtottam a pipára… / Azaz rágyujtottam volna, / Hogyha már nem égett volna.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (intransitive) to roll over (to turn in bed towards the wall before falling asleep)
  3. (intransitive) to roll into (followed by -ba/-be) (to fall into something and tip over)
    A kocsi befordult az árokba.The car rolled into a ditch.

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Further reading[edit]

  • befordul 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
  • befordul 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)