beér

See also: beer, Beer, béer, bëër, be-er, and Béër

Hungarian

Etymology

be- (in) + ér (to reach)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbɛjeːr]
  • Hyphenation: be‧ér
  • Rhymes: -eːr

Verb

beér

  1. (intransitive) to arrive or get in somewhere (lative suffixes) by a certain time
    Synonym: beérkezik
    Ha 8-kor indulok, 8:30-ra beérek az irodába / a munkahelyemre.If I leave at 8, I arrive at the office / my workplace by 8:30.
  2. (transitive) to catch up with (to reach something that has/had been ahead)
    Synonym: utolér
  3. (with definite conjugation, as beéri, and -val/-vel) to make do with something, settle for something
    Alig eszik valamit: egy szelet kenyérrel is beéri.S/he barely eats anything; s/he makes do with a slice of bread.

Conjugation

Further reading

  • beér 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
  • beér in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)
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