hátrál

Hungarian

Etymology

hátra (backwards) + -l (verb-forming suffix)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈhaːtraːl]
  • Hyphenation: hát‧rál
  • Rhymes: -aːl

Verb

hátrál

  1. (intransitive) to back away, step backward, retreat, backpedal (to move in a direction opposite where one is facing)
  2. (intransitive, of objects, machines) to back (of cars, trains, etc. to go in the reverse direction)
  3. (intransitive) to back out (to withdraw from something one has promised to do)
  4. (intransitive, military) to withdraw, retire, retreat

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • hátráltat

(With verbal prefixes):

  • kihátrál
  • meghátrál
  • visszahátrál

Further reading

  • hátrál 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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