kiúszik

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Hungarian

Etymology

ki- +‎ úszik

Pronunciation

Verb

kiúszik

  1. (intransitive) to swim out (to swim far from the shore, used with lative suffixes)
    A csapat kiúszott a nyílt tengerre.The team swam out to the open sea.
  2. (intransitive, usually construed with a partra) to swim ashore (to swim from the water to the bank/shore)
    A csapat kiúszott a partra.The team swam to the shore.
  3. (reflexively, as kiússza magát, with definite conjugation) to swim enough as one wishes, to one’s heart’s content
    Mára kiúsztam magam.I’ve swum enough for today.

Conjugation

Further reading

  • kiúszik 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