hátravan

Hungarian

Etymology

hátra- + van

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈhaːtrɒvɒn]
  • Hyphenation: hát‧ra‧van
  • Rhymes: -ɒn

Verb

hátravan

  1. (intransitive) to be left, to be yet to come (out of some amount, e.g. time)
    Synonym: marad
  2. (intransitive) to remain (to stay behind while others withdraw, e.g. in line or on a queue, not having one’s turn yet)
  3. (intransitive) to be outstanding, remain to be done (not settled or finished)

Usage notes

It is written in two words in the sense “to be backward, at the back, behind” (as a physical or figurative location), i.e., synonymously with hátul van/áll.[1]

Conjugation

Derived terms

Expressions
  • hátravan még a feketeleves

References

  1. Tóth, Etelka, editor (2017), Magyar helyesírási szótár: A magyar helyesírás szabályai tizenkettedik kiadása szerint [Dictionary of Hungarian orthography: according to the 12th edition of the Rules of Hungarian orthography], Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, →ISBN. Online version

Further reading

  • hátravan 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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