ledönt

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Hungarian

Etymology

le- +‎ dönt

Pronunciation

Verb

ledönt

  1. (transitive) to topple, knock down (wall), to fell, cut down (tree), to demolish (sculpture)
    A buldózer nekiment az omladozó falnak, és ledöntötte.The bulldozer hit the crumbling wall and knocked it down.
  2. (transitive, usually construed with lábáról with a possessive suffix agreeing with the object) to come down with (to be afflicted suddenly with a disease)
    A vírus ledöntötte a lábáról. (őt is omitted)He came down with a virus. (literally, “the virus knocked him off his legs/feet”)
    A betegség ledöntött a lábunkról. (minket is omitted)We came down with a sickness. (literally, “the sickness knocked us off our legs/feet”)

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Further reading

  • ledönt 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