fogva tart

Hungarian

Etymology

fog (“to catch, capture”) +‎ -va (adverbial-participle suffix) +‎ tart (“to hold”), literally “to hold captured”

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈfoɡvɒtɒrt]

Verb

(transitive) to detain, to hold prisoner (to keep someone captive)
Synonym: őrizetben tart

Conjugation

For the verb, see tart.
The adverbial participle fogva remains unchanged.

Derived terms

fogvatartott

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