hiába

Hungarian

Etymology

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Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈhijaːbɒ]
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  • Hyphenation: hi‧á‧ba
  • Rhymes: -bɒ

Adverb

hiába

  1. in vain (without success), vainly
    Synonyms: hasztalan, hasztalanul, sikertelenül

Derived terms

Further reading
  • hiába in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
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