megszáll

Hungarian

Etymology

meg- + száll

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɛksaːlː]
  • Hyphenation: meg‧száll
  • Rhymes: -aːlː

Verb

megszáll

  1. (intransitive) to stay with someone or at a place overnight
    Synonyms: éjszakázik, (literary) meghál, (informal) ott alszik
  2. (transitive) to invade, occupy (a territory/country or establishments in groups), to take over (a factory etc.)
    Synonyms: elfoglal, elözönöl, ellep, megrohan, lerohan, benyomul
  3. (transitive, of a powerful entity or inspiration) to possess (someone)
    Synonym: hatalmába kerít
  4. (transitive, of some emotion) to seize, to overcome (someone) (i.e., to be overcome with)
    Synonyms: elfog, rátör, úrrá lesz, erőt vesz, hatalmába kerít

Conjugation

In archaic or literary style, the long forms (with a linking vowel) are (were) common in the past tense, as well as in the present-tense conditional (even if it is short otherwise):

Derived terms

Expressions
  • megszállja a szentlélek

Further reading

  • megszáll 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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