megértet

Hungarian

Etymology

megért (to understand) + -et (causative suffix)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɛɡeːrtɛt]
  • Hyphenation: meg‧ér‧tet
  • Rhymes: -ɛt

Verb

megértet

  1. (transitive) causative of megért: to make someone understand (something) or make (something) understood, to clarify, to illuminate, to bring home (the person or other creature supposed to understand something is expressed with -val/-vel)
    • 1974, Sándor Kányádi, Játszva magyarul:
      aki megért / s megértet / egy népet / megéltet
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (reflexively, as megérteti magát, with definite conjugation) to make oneself understood (e.g. in a foreign language)

Usage notes

The past-tense forms of this verb are identical with the past-tense forms of megért (to understand), with the exception of the 3rd person singular indefinite, so one should always consider the possible homonyms. Normally the argument (e.g. a form of -val/-vel for the first sense or the specification of the language in the second) will make the meaning clear.

Conjugation

Further reading

  • megértet 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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