hiába

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Hungarian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: hi‧á‧ba
  • Rhymes: -bɒ

Adverb

hiába

  1. in vain (without success), vainly
    Synonyms: hasztalan, hasztalanul, sikertelenül

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Further reading

  • hiába 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