vetélkedik

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Hungarian

Etymology

From vetél (to throw) +‎ -kedik (frequentative suffix).[1][2]

Pronunciation

Verb

vetélkedik

  1. (intransitive) to compete (in something: -ban/-ben, with someone: -val/-vel, for something: -ért)
    Synonyms: rivalizál, verseng, versenyez
    Úszásban vetélkedtek egymással az első díjért.They competed with each other in swimming for the first prize.

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ vetélkedik in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.
  2. ^ Eőry, Vilma. Értelmező szótár+ (“Explanatory Dictionary Plus”). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2007. →ISBN

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