Hungarian
Etymology
húz (“to drag”) + -ja (personal suffix) + az (“the”) + idő (“time”) + -t (accusative suffix), literally: "to drag the time"
Pronunciation
Verb
húzza az időt
- (idiomatic) to temporize, stall for time, stonewall (to intentionally cause a delay)
Conjugation
- For the verb, see húz.
- The inflected noun időt remains unchanged.
See also