használ

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Hungarian

Etymology

haszon +‎ -ál

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: hasz‧nál
  • Rhymes: -aːl

Verb

használ

  1. (transitive) to use (make use, employ, apply, utilize)
    Synonyms: alkalmaz, igénybe vesz, él
  2. (intransitive) to benefit, to provide a benefit (to someone/something: -nak/-nek)
    Synonyms: hasznára válik, javára válik
  3. (intransitive, of medication) to take effect, work, help (for someone: -nak/-nek)
    Synonyms: hat, hatékony, segít

Conjugation

Note: The verbal noun is almost exclusively használat, except in the case of the prefixed forms (felhasználás, elhasználás etc.). The form használás almost only occurs in phrases like fel nem használás, which is the negated form of felhasználás.

Derived terms

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Further reading

  • használ 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