megmond

Hungarian

Etymology

meg- + mond

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɛɡmond]
  • Hyphenation: meg‧mond
  • Rhymes: -ond

Verb

megmond

  1. (transitive) to tell, to say something (to someone -nak/-nek)
    Imperfective: mond
    Ezt nehéz megmondani.It's hard to tell.
    Mondd meg nekik az igazat.Tell them the truth.
  2. (transitive, childish) to tell on (a person), to tattle
    Synonyms: (of children) árulkodik, beárul, beköp
    Megmondalak anyukámnak!I will tell on you to my mum!

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • megmondás

Further reading

  • megmond 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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