meghallgat

meg- +‎ hallgat

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: meg‧hall‧gat
• Rhymes: -ɒt

meghallgat

1. (transitive) to listen to someone or something (attentively, from the beginning till the end)

   Hallgassuk meg a másik felet is. ― Let’s listen to the other side as well.

2. (transitive) to hear someone out

   Synonym: végighallgat

3. (transitive, dated) to grant (a request), to hear (a prayer)

   Synonyms: teljesít, valóra vált, engedélyez, beleegyezik, hozzájárul, megad

4. (transitive) to interview, audition someone, to give or grant someone a hearing or audition

   Synonyms: interjúztat, elbeszélget

5. (transitive, medicine) to sound (a body part)

   Coordinate terms: megnéz, megkopogtat, megtapint

The stative types of the sense verbs feel, smell, and taste are uncommon in Hungarian (i.e., those expressing some sensory information conveyed, in contrast to the voluntary actions of using these senses or the involuntary perception). Instead, adjectival (-ú/-ű/-jú/-jű) and possessive (…-a/-e/-ja/-je van) constructions are used, and these are also applicable for sound. (The first two rows are for action verbs and perception verbs that behave similarly to English.)

On the other hand, certain verbs can express particular sensory impressions, e.g. illatozik (“to smell sweet, to be fragrant”) and bűzlik (“to stink, to reek”).

• meghallgat 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