kibeszél

Hungarian

Etymology

ki- + beszél

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkibɛseːl]
  • Hyphenation: ki‧be‧szél
  • Rhymes: -eːl

Verb

kibeszél

  1. (transitive) to disclose a secret about something
  2. (transitive) to let out (to tell about emotionally stressful experience)
  3. (transitive) to blab about someone (behind their back)
  4. (reflexively, as kibeszéli magát, with definite conjugation) to talk one’s way out of a situation (-ból/-ből)
  5. (reflexively, as kibeszéli magát, with definite conjugation) to tell everything one had in mind

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • kibeszélés

Further reading

  • kibeszél 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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