mesél

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Hungarian

Etymology

mese +‎ -l

Pronunciation

Verb

mesél

  1. (transitive) to tell someone (-nak/-nek) a story (-t/-ot/-at/-et/-öt; about someone or something: -ról/-ről)
    Esténként régi történeteket mesél a gyerekeinek.He/she tells his/her children old stories every night.
  2. to tell, narrate, recount
  3. to spin a yarn, tell a tall story (to lie)

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Further reading

  • mesél 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