Hungarian Word of the Day
esik
fall
Definitions
| Hungarian > English |
| esik |
| 1. v. to fall |
| (active-voice, ejt) |
| A kenyér a vajas felére esett. - The slice of bread fell on its buttered side. |
| 2. v. to rain, to snow |
| Esik az eső. - The rain is falling. |
| Esik a hó. - The snow is falling. |
| Esik még? - Is it still raining/snowing? |
| 3. v. to fall somewhere, to happen to be at some place or time (of an event on some day of the week or month or the stress on a particular syllable) |
| Idén péntekre esik a születésnapom. - My birthday falls on a Friday this year. |
| 4. v. to go down, to tumble, to drop, drop off, drop away (e.g. price or popularity) |
| 5. v. to (happen to) be found, to lie, to be situated somewhere |
| Távol esik tőlünk a színház. - The theater happens to be a long way away from our place. |
| 6. v. to fall into or get into a situation (e.g. falling victim to someone or something) |
| 7. v. to fall or belong within the scope, force, power, or effect of something, to be subject or liable to some regulation or jurisdiction |
| 8. v. to be affected, to feel in some way (with -nak for the person affected) |
| Hogy esne neked, ha…? - How would you like/feel if …? |
| Jólesett az ebéd. - approx. The lunch felt/was good. |
| 9. v. to happen, to come about |
| Úgy esett, hogy … - It happened that … |
| 10. v. to attack, assail (with -nek) |
Pronunciation
©Example Sentences
| Ez a hatáskörömön kívül esik. That's beyond my control. Ha esik, ha fúj, ő ott lesz. He'll be there, rain or shine. Semmi nem veszi el úgy az ember méltóságát mint az, ha szerelembe esik. Nothing makes you lose your dignity more than falling in love. Bámulatos, hogy milyen csendessé válik minden, mikor esik a hó. It's amazing how quiet it becomes when snow is falling. Nálunk ősszel általában sokszor esik az eső. As a rule, we have a lot of rain in fall. |
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