büntet

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Hungarian

(1) büntetőeszköz
(2) tilosban parkolást büntet
(3) sárga lappal büntet

Etymology

bűn +‎ -tet

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  • Hyphenation: bün‧tet
  • Rhymes: -ɛt

Verb

büntet

  1. (transitive) to punish (to cause to suffer for crime or misconduct, to administer disciplinary action)
    Antonym: jutalmaz
    • 1908, Bálint Hóman, chapter V, in A magyar városok az Árpádok korában:
      A személy ellen irányuló nagyobb bűnöket lefejezéssel büntették.
      Major crimes directed against the person were punished by beheading.
  2. (transitive) to fine (to issue a fee as punishment for violating a regulation)
    • 1999, “Szigorúbban ellenőrzik az illegális szemétlerakást”, in Petőfi Népe, volume 54, number 228:
      Akit a helyszínen szemétlerakás közben tetten érnek, 10 ezer forintra büntethetik.
      Those caught on the spot in the act of depositing garbage can be fined to 10 thousand forints.
  3. (transitive, sports) to penalize (to subject to a penalty for the infringement of a rule)
    • 1981, “Labdarúgószabály-pályázat”, in Dunántúli Napló, volume 38, number 176:
      Lehet-e lesállás miatt büntetni azt a játékost, aki a felezővonalon áll?
      Can a player who is standing on the halfway line be penalized for offside?
  4. (intransitive, slang) to kick ass (to be very impressive)
    • 2007, Laci Gáspár, Gábor Wágner (interviewer), “A változatosság gyönyörködtet”, in Pesti Műsor, volume 56, number 12:
      [...] szinte észre se vették, úgy elröpült az egyórányi lemezidő. Szerintük nagyon büntet az anyag.
      the one-hour playing time of the record flew by so quickly, they hardly noticed it. They think the stuff kicks major ass.

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Further reading

  • büntet 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
  • büntet 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).