felpiszkál

Hungarian

Alternative forms

  • fölpiszkál

Etymology

fel- + piszkál

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfɛlpiskaːl]
  • Hyphenation: fel‧pisz‧kál
  • Rhymes: -aːl

Verb

felpiszkál

  1. (transitive) to stir up, poke up (to stir a burning or glowing substance such as ashes, embers, or fire, with a device)
    Synonyms: felkavar, felszít
  2. (transitive, figurative) to annoy, get up someone's nose, get on someone's nerves (to excite or irritate someone, to disturb someone's emotional peace)
    Synonyms: felingerel, felizgat
  3. (transitive, figurative) to rake up, stir up (to bring up an almost forgotten embarrassing information or past event)
    Synonyms: elővesz, kiás, megbolygat

Conjugation

See also

Further reading

  • felpiszkál 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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