elragadtat

Hungarian

Etymology

From elragad (to carry away) + -tat (causative suffix). Alternatively, from el- + ragadtat.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɛrːɒɡɒtːɒt]
  • Hyphenation: el‧ra‧gad‧tat
  • Rhymes: -ɒt

Verb

elragadtat

  1. (transitive) to enrapture, delight
    El vagyok ragadtatva.I am delighted.
    Ferenc elragadtatva beszélt a munkájáról.Ferenc talked about his work in glowing terms.
  2. (reflexively, as elragadtatja magát, with definite conjugation): to get carried away (driven by strong emotion or temper: to lose self-control and behave or speak excessively or recklessly)
    Nem lehet veled komoly problémákat megvitatni, rögtön elragadtatod magad.
    It is impossible to discuss serious problems with you, you immediately get carried away.

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Further reading

  • elragadtat 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
    • including elragadtatja magát at sense 1.
  • elragadtat in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)
    • including elragadtatja magát at sense 2a.
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