feleségül vesz

Hungarian

Etymology

feleség (“wife”) +‎ -ül (“as”, essive-modal case suffix) +‎ vesz (“to take”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɛlɛʃeːɡylvɛs]

Verb

feleségül vesz

1. (transitive, idiomatic, of a man) to marry (to be joined to a woman as spouse according to law or custom)

   Feleségül vette a régi barátnőjét. ― He married his old girlfriend.

   Végül is nem vette feleségül. ― In the end, he didn't marry her.

Conjugation

• For the verb, see vesz.
• The inflected noun feleségül remains unchanged.

Usage notes

• The word order can be switched depending on the sentence. See the examples above.