prédál

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Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin praedārī (to plunder, booty, loot).[1] With the verb-forming suffix -ál.

Pronunciation

Verb

prédál

  1. (transitive, archaic) to pillage, plunder, loot
    Synonyms: rabol, fosztogat
  2. (transitive, folksy) to squander, waste, fritter away (to spend or use wealth, money in a foolish and wasteful way)
    Synonyms: pazarol, herdál, fecsérel

Conjugation

Derived terms

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References

  1. ^ prédál in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.

Further reading

  • prédál 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