elnéz

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Hungarian

Etymology

el- (away) +‎ néz (look; watch)

Pronunciation

Verb

elnéz

  1. (intransitive) to look away (to stop looking somewhere)
    Synonym: eltekint
    Rögtön elnézett onnan.He suddenly looked away from there.
  2. (transitive) to overlook, to see something incorrectly by mistake (i.e. "mis-look" or "missee")
    Synonyms: félrenéz, eltéveszt
    Elnéztem a dátumot, mégse 12-én megyünk, hanem 13-án.I didn't look at the date well, we are not going on the 12th, but on the 13th.
  3. (transitive) to excuse, to forgive, to condone something
    Synonym: megbocsát
    Nézd el neki, hogy butaságokat beszél.Excuse him that he talks nonsense.
  4. (transitive) to look at something thoroughly
    Ahogy elnézem, nem szeretitek egymást túlságosan.As I see it, you don't like each other too much.
  5. (intransitive, colloquial) to go somewhere (at a short distance)
    Elnézek a tóhoz.I go to the lake (e.g. to look around)

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Further reading

  • elnéz 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
  • elnéz in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).