elveti a sulykot

Hungarian

Etymology

elvet (“to throw away”) +‎ -i (personal suffix) +‎ a (“the”) +‎ sulyok (“mallet”) +‎ -ot (accusative suffix), literally “to throw away the beater/mallet”

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈɛlvɛti ɒ ˈʃujkot]

Verb

elveti a sulykot

  1. (idiomatic) to exaggerate, tell a tall story, lay it on thick, draw the longbow
    Synonym: túloz

Conjugation
  • For the verb, see the definite conjugation of elvet.
  • The inflected noun sulykot remains unchanged.
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