megtagad

meg- +‎ tagad

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• Hyphenation: meg‧ta‧gad
• Rhymes: -ɒd

megtagad

1. (transitive) to deny someone something (to refuse to give or grant something, to someone: -tól/-től)

   Synonym: nem ad meg (“not to give/grant”)

2. (transitive) to refuse something (to decline some request or demand)

   Synonym: nem hajlandó (“not willing”, adjective)

3. (transitive) to renounce, recant something
4. (transitive, derogatory) synonym of kitagad (“to disown, turn one’s back on someone”)
5. (reflexively, as megtagadja magát, with definite conjugation)
   1. to force oneself to behave or act inconsistently with, disloyally to oneself (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
   2. to deny, renounce oneself (not to indulge in pleasures)
   3. (chiefly in the negative, derogatory, approx.) to surpass, go beyond (one’s own self, nature, limits, or boundaries)

      Synonym: meghazudtol (“to belie”)

      János nem tagadta meg magát: az esküvőre is képes volt a szokott farmerban jönni. ― John was true to himself: he didn’t balk at coming to the wedding in his usual jeans. (literally, “didn’t deny/belie himself”)

• megtagad in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.