lerohan

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Hungarian

Etymology

le- +‎ rohan

Pronunciation

Verb

lerohan

  1. (intransitive) to run down, rush down, race down (to move swiftly from a higher place to a lower one; used with lative suffixes for the direction and optionally -n/-on/-en/-ön for the connecting passage)
    Synonyms: leszalad, lesiet
    lerohan a lépcsőnto race down the stairs
    lerohan a kapuhozto rush down to the gate
    lerohan a pincébeto run down to the basement
  2. (intransitive, of water) to run down (from somewhere: -ról/-ről)
    Synonym: lezúdul
    A megáradt folyó sebesen rohant le a hegyről.The swollen river quickly ran down from the mountain.
  3. (transitive, figuratively) to invade, overrun (to conquer by a quick, powerful assault)
    Synonyms: legyőz, elfoglal
    Az országot lerohanta az ellenség.The country was overrun by the enemy.
  4. (transitive, figuratively) to argue down, overwhelm (to disable objections with a commanding presence, large amount of data, energetic speech)
    Synonym: lehengerel

Conjugation

Further reading

  • lerohan 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