The Hungarian word for to fall is
esik

Translations for to fall and their definitions

zuhanás
1. fall

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)

esés
1. n. fall, falling

zuhan
1. v. to fall (from a great height)

jut
1. v. to get somewhere (to a location or a situation), to arrive
2. v. to arrive at, come to (a decision, an agreement, an understanding, a conclusion, or a result)
3. v. to come by something (-hoz)
sok pénzhez jut - to come by a large amount of money
4. v. to fall (to someone's lot), to be allotted to, to arrive through chance, fate, or inheritance, to be left to someone, to be given, afforded, granted to, bestowed on someone (-nak)
Az ételből csak három embernek jut. - The food is enough for only three people.

elesik
1. v. to fall down, to fall (to lose one's balance and fall to the ground)
2. v. to fall, to die, to be killed in action, to be killed (in the war or battle)
A katona elesett a második világháborúban. - The soldier was killed in World War II.
3. v. to fall, to collapse (to become overthrown or defeated, to be taken by the enemy)
4. v. to become ineligible (to lose financial support or some other expected thing)

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