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faló

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See also: falo, falò, and falo-

Asturian

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Verb

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faló

  1. third-person singular preterite indicative of falar

Hungarian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈfɒloː]
  • Hyphenation: fa‧ló
  • Rhymes: -loː

Etymology 1

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fa (“wood[en]”) +‎ ló (“horse”)

Noun

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faló (plural falovak)

  1. hobby horse, cockhorse, stick horse (a child's toy consisting of a [usually wooden or cloth] horse's head mounted on a stick)
  2. ellipsis of trójai faló (“Trojan horse”, literally “Trojan wooden horse”)
Declension
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Possessive forms of faló
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. falovam falovaim
2nd person sing. falovad falovaid
3rd person sing. falova falovai
1st person plural falovunk falovaink
2nd person plural falovatok falovaitok
3rd person plural falovuk falovaik

Etymology 2

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fal (“to devour”) +‎ -ó (present-participle suffix)

Participle

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faló

  1. present participle of fal
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Derived terms
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Further reading

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  • (hobby horse; Trojan horse): faló in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
  • (devouring, devourer): faló in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
  • faló in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2026).