trafikál

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Hungarian

Etymology

Internationalism (compare English traffic, French trafiquer (to traffic), Spanish traficar (to traffic)), probably directly from Italian trafficare (to trade; to traffic), possibly also via archaic German traffegieren.[1] Doublet of trafik.

Pronunciation

Verb

trafikál

  1. (intransitive, informal, archaic) to traffic (to trade meanly or mercenarily)
    Synonyms: kufárkodik, üzérkedik
  2. (intransitive, informal) to chatter (to chat idly)
    Synonyms: cseveg, diskurál, társalog, tereferél
    • 2011, Endre Karátson, “A mellőzött angyal”, in Műhely, volume 34, numbers 5–6, Győr: Műhely Folyóiratkiadó Nonprofit Kft., →ISSN, page 142:
      Angéla szégyenkezve hízik a büszkeségtől, s az akkor kilépő Radu dermedten látja, hogy a tiszteletessel trafikál.
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  3. (intransitive, informal) to fraternize, associate with someone (-val/-vel)
    Synonyms: cimborál, szövetkezik
  4. (intransitive, informal) to scheme, machinate, intrigue
    Synonyms: ármánykodik, fondorkodik, mesterkedik

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References

  1. ^ trafikál 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.

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