feltalálja a spanyolviaszt

Hungarian

Alternative forms

feltalálja a meleg vizet (literally, “to invent [the] hot water”)

Etymology

feltalál (“to invent”) +‎ -ja (personal suffix) +‎ a (“the”) +‎ spanyolviasz (“sealing wax”) +‎ -t (accusative suffix), literally “to invent the sealing wax”

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈfɛltɒlaːjːɒ ɒ ˈʃpɒɲolvijɒst]

Verb

feltalálja a spanyolviaszt

(idiomatic) to reinvent the wheel

Conjugation

For the verb, see the definite conjugation of feltalál.
The inflected noun spanyolviaszt remains unchanged.

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