lenyel

Hungarian

Etymology

le- + nyel

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlɛɲɛl]
  • Hyphenation: le‧nyel

Verb

lenyel

  1. (transitive) to swallow, to gulp down
  2. (transitive, figuratively) to repress, hold back, suppress
    Lenyelte a könnyeit.S/he held back the tears.

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • lenyelés
  • lenyelhető

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Further reading

  • lenyel in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962.
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