leég

See also: leeg

Hungarian

Etymology

le- + ég

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlɛjeːɡ]
  • Hyphenation: le‧ég
  • Rhymes: -eːɡ

Verb

leég

  1. (intransitive) to burn down (to burn completely, so that nothing remains)
  2. (intransitive, of food) to burn (to burn down to the bottom of the pan during cooking)
  3. (intransitive) to become broke (to run out of money; to become bankrupt)
  4. (intransitive) to sunburn (to receive a sunburn)
  5. (intransitive, colloquial) to fall flat on one's face, to experience defeat

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Further reading

  • leég 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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