pofa

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Hungarian

Etymology

Onomatopoeia.

Pronunciation

Noun

pofa (plural pofák)

  1. (of animals) face, mouth, muzzle, snout (the protruding part of an animal's head which includes the nose, mouth and jaws)
  2. (of people, derogatory) face, mouth, gob, trap
    Synonyms: arc, (informal) kép
  3. (derogatory, figurative) cheek, gall, nerve, audacity, temerity, effrontery
    Synonyms: szemtelenség, arcátlanság, (informal) kép
  4. (informal, often used with vág) grimace, facial expression
    Synonyms: arc, arckifejezés, fintor, grimasz, (informal) kép
  5. (colloquial) guy, fellow, bloke, dude, chap
    Synonyms: alak, fickó, pasas, pasi, ürge, fószer, manus, csávó
    Hypernyms: ember, személy

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative pofa pofák
accusative pofát pofákat
dative pofának pofáknak
instrumental pofával pofákkal
causal-final pofáért pofákért
translative pofává pofákká
terminative pofáig pofákig
essive-formal pofaként pofákként
essive-modal
inessive pofában pofákban
superessive pofán pofákon
adessive pofánál pofáknál
illative pofába pofákba
sublative pofára pofákra
allative pofához pofákhoz
elative pofából pofákból
delative pofáról pofákról
ablative pofától pofáktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
pofáé pofáké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
pofáéi pofákéi
Possessive forms of pofa
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. pofám pofáim
2nd person sing. pofád pofáid
3rd person sing. pofája pofái
1st person plural pofánk pofáink
2nd person plural pofátok pofáitok
3rd person plural pofájuk pofáik

Derived terms

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Further reading

  • pofa 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