beér

Hungarian

Etymology

be- (in) + ér (to reach)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbɛjeːr]
  • Hyphenation: be‧ér
  • Rhymes: -eːr

Verb

beér

  1. (intransitive) to arrive or get in somewhere by a certain time
    Synonym: beérkezik
  2. (transitive) to catch up with (to reach something that has/had been ahead)
    Synonym: utolér

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • beéri (to make do, settle for)

Further reading

  • beér in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962.
  • beér in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (’A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress)
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