nagyon

Hungarian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈnɒɟon]
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  • Hyphenation: na‧gyon
  • Rhymes: -on

Etymology 1

nagy (“great”) +‎ -on (“-ly”, adverb-forming suffix)

Adverb

nagyon (comparative jobban, superlative legjobban)

  1. very (to a high degree)
    Synonyms: (literary, especially the last three) rendkívül, igen, módfelett, szerfelett
    Antonyms: kicsit, (both: literary) kissé, kevéssé
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Etymology 2

nagy (“great”) +‎ -on (“on”, superessive suffix)

Adjective

nagyon

  1. superessive singular of nagy

Further reading
  • nagyon 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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