kiszáll

Hungarian

Etymology

ki- + száll

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkisaːlː]
  • Hyphenation: ki‧száll
  • Rhymes: -aːlː

Verb

kiszáll

  1. (intransitive) to fly out of something (followed by -ból/-ből)
    Egy madár szállt ki a házból.A bird flew out of the house.
  2. (intransitive) to get off, to get out, to disembark (followed by -ból/-ből) (to leave a vehicle, elevator, bed, tub, contest, etc.)
    Kiszálltam a kocsiból.I got out of the car.
  3. (intransitive) to be called out, to go somewhere (especially on a house call) or visit someone in an official capacity to inspect, examine, investigate, fix or find out something
  4. (intransitive, colloquial) to bail out of something, to opt out (to leave a place or a situation, especially quickly or when the situation has become undesirable)

Usage notes

When using the verb száll and its derivatives (szállás, szálló) with various means of transportation, the prefixed forms with be- (in) and ki- (out) are mostly reserved for cars (the noun having the suffix -ba/-be). In the other cases, fel-/föl- (up, on) and le- (down, off) are generally preferred (the noun having the suffix -ra/-re), conveying a transport line or route in an abstract sense, and where there are (at least traditionally) steps, such as trams, buses, trolleybuses, trains (including HÉV), metro, ships, and airplanes. (See also the other means of transport in Budapest.) On the other hand, be- and ki- may still be used for the latter vehicles in a literal sense, entering them as 3D objects, if no steps are needed to ascend.

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Further reading

  • kiszáll 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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