megrak

Hungarian

Etymology

meg- + rak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɛɡrɒk]
  • Hyphenation: meg‧rak
  • Rhymes: -ɒk

Verb

megrak

  1. (transitive) to fill (with something -val/-vel) until its full
    Megraktuk a kosarunkat almával.We filled our basket with apples.
  2. (transitive, of fire) to build up, to pile high (to get the fire going)
  3. (transitive, informal) to beat, beat up someone (to give a beating to)
  4. (transitive, informal) to beat (to win against; to defeat or overcome)

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • megrakás

Further reading

  • megrak 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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