nagyít

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Hungarian

Etymology

nagy (big, large) +‎ -ít (verb-forming suffix)

Pronunciation

Verb

nagyít

  1. (transitive) to magnify, enlarge (to make an object appear larger by means of a lens)
    Antonym: kicsinyít
  2. (transitive, figuratively, often derogatory) to exaggerate, magnify (to make something appear greater or more important than it is)

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Further reading

  • nagyít 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