elhallgat

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Hungarian

Etymology

el- +‎ hallgat

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: el‧hall‧gat
  • Rhymes: -ɒt

Verb

elhallgat

  1. (intransitive) to hush, pause, stop speaking, become silent, shut up (to take a sudden pause in speaking)
  2. (intransitive, of a young child) to stop crying
  3. (intransitive, of music, noise) to cease, stop
  4. (transitive) to suppress, cover up, hush up, conceal, withhold, hide something (from someone: elől)
    • 1987, “Első könyv. A lyukas lepedő”, in Salman Rushdie, translated by Mihály Falvay, Az éjfél gyermekei, Budapest: Európa Könyvkiadó, →ISBN, page 9; translation of Midnight's Children, London: Jonathan Cape, 1981:
      Bombay városában születtem… egyszer rég, valaha. Nem, ez így sajnos kevés, nem hallgathatom el a dátumot: Dr. Narlikár szülőotthonában születtem, 1947. augusztus 15-én.
  5. (transitive) to listen to someone or something (for a longer time, with attention)
    Órákig elhallgatnám ezt a zenét.I'd listen to this music for hours.
  6. (transitive) to gloss over, ignore (to tolerate something in silence)

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Further reading

  • elhallgat 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
  • elhallgat 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).