fúr-farag

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Hungarian

Etymology

fúr (to drill) +‎ farag (to carve)

Pronunciation

Verb

fúr-farag

  1. (intransitive) to whittle, carve (to be busy doing woodwork as a hobby)
    Synonym: barkácsol
  2. (transitive, intransitive, figuratively, rare) to correct, polish (to keep refining some work, a piece of writing, in order to remove imperfections)
    Synonyms: javítgat, csiszolgat

Conjugation

Both verbs are conjugated independently, always connected with a hyphen:

Egész nap csak fúrnak-faragnak.They are whittling and carving all day long.

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