húz-halaszt

Hungarian

Etymology

húz (“to pull, draw”) +‎ halaszt (“to delay”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈhuːshɒlɒst]
Hyphenation: húz-‧ha‧laszt
Rhymes: -ɒst

Verb

húz-halaszt

(transitive) to procrastinate (to continually delay something)
Csak húzták-halasztották a döntést. ― They kept putting off the decision.

Conjugation

Both verbs are conjugated independently, always connected with a hyphen.

Further reading

húz-halaszt 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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