spórol

Hungarian

Etymology

From Bavarian sparen (save up) + -ol (verb-forming suffix). First attested in 1835. [1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʃpoːrol]
  • Hyphenation: spó‧rol

Verb

spórol

  1. (transitive, intransitive, colloquial) to save, save up, economize
    Synonym: takarékoskodik

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • spórolás
  • spórolós

(With verbal prefixes):

  • megspórol
  • összespórol

References

  1. Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN
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