takarékoskodik

Hungarian

Etymology

takarékos (thrifty, frugal) + -kodik (to behave as, verb-forming suffix)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtɒkɒreːkoʃkodik]
  • Hyphenation: ta‧ka‧ré‧kos‧ko‧dik
  • Rhymes: -odik

Verb

takarékoskodik

  1. (intransitive) to save, to economize, to be sparing (with something: -val/-vel)
    Synonym: spórol
    A kormány soha nem takarékoskodik a polgárok pénzével.
    The government is never sparing with the citizens' money.
    Ebben a szakaszban érdemes takarékoskodni az energiánkkal.
    At this stage it is worth saving our energy.

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • takarékoskodás

Further reading

  • takarékoskodik 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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