visszavesz

Hungarian

Etymology

vissza- + vesz

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvisːɒvɛs]
  • Hyphenation: visz‧sza‧vesz
  • Rhymes: -ɛs

Verb

visszavesz

  1. (transitive) to take back
  2. (transitive) to reemploy
  3. (transitive) to buy back
  4. (transitive) to retake, recapture
  5. (slang) Usually as an imperative. To stop being conceited, self-confident, annoying, bothering, aggressive, pressuring; to quit doing something
    Vegyél vissza!Cool it!/Give over!/Lay it off!

Conjugation

Further reading

  • visszavesz 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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