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Hungarian
Etymology
bosszú (“revenge, vengeance”) + -t (accusative suffix) + áll (“to stand”)
Pronunciation
Verb
bosszút áll
- (idiomatic) to take revenge (on someone -n/-on/-en/-ön, because of something/someone -ért)
- Synonyms: megtorol, megbosszul
- Az ellenségen próbált bosszút állni. ― He tried to take revenge on the enemy.
- Bosszút állok a családomért. ― I will avenge my family.
Conjugation
- For the verb, see áll.
- The inflected noun bosszút remains unchanged.