elherdál

Hungarian

Etymology

el- (perfective prefix) + herdál (to squander)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɛlɦɛrdaːl]
  • Hyphenation: el‧her‧dál
  • Rhymes: -aːl

Verb

elherdál

  1. (transitive) to squander, waste (to carelessly spend wealth, money; figuratively also time, chance, talent, intellectual value)
    Synonyms: elpazarol, elpocsékol, eltékozol

Conjugation

Further reading

  • elherdál in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
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