betör

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Hungarian

Etymology

be- +‎ tör

Pronunciation

Verb

betör

  1. (transitive) to break, smash (window), break down, burst open (door), shatter (mirror)
  2. (transitive, of head) to smash, break, crack, fracture
    Leesett a tetőről és betört a feje.He fell from the roof and smashed his head.
  3. (transitive) to break in (to cause something new, usually shoes, to function more naturally through use or wear)
  4. (transitive, figuratively, of a horse or a wild animal) to break in, tame, supple (to make obedient; to train to follow orders of the owner)
    Synonyms: idomít, megszelídít
  5. (intransitive, with -ba/-be) to break in, break into (to enter a place by force or illicit means)
    Synonym: behatol
    Valaki betört a házunkba!Somebody broke into our house!
  6. (intransitive) to invade, overrun (to enter by force in order to conquer)
  7. (intransitive, computing) to hack into (to gain unauthorized access to a computer system, a website, or network by manipulating code)
  8. (intransitive, figuratively, of natural phenomenon, e.g. water, cold front) to rush in, enter
    Synonyms: betódul, bezúdul, beárad, beözönlik
  9. (intransitive) to break into, enter (to appear somewhere and achieve a sudden, unexpected success, e.g. a new product on the market)

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Further reading

  • betör 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
  • betör in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).