mi

Mi gyönyörűség!


el

(intransitive, drama) exit, exeunt; he/she leaves or they leave the scene or stage (stage direction for an actor or multiple actors)


bee

(childish) a word expressing bragging and mockery between children


haj

alas (used to express sorrow, regret, compassion or grief)


servus

(archaic) Alternative form of szervusz: hello; goodbye


e

From Proto-Uralic *e-. Cognates include Finnish että and Estonian et.

E! Hát Józsi meg hová tűnt?

Itt van, e! (informal)

(folksy) look!, hey! (expressing surprise or wanting to get attention)


ah

Involuntary expression of emotions: surprise, impatience, desire, sadness, refusal.

1599-1601, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act IV, Scene 1 http://hu.wikisource.org/wiki/Hamlet/Negyedik_felvon%C3%A1s,_1._sz%C3%ADn
Ah jó uram, mit láttam én az éjjel!

Ah, my good lord, what have I seen to-night!


aha

Aha, itt a hiba!

(colloquial) aha (an exclamation of sudden understanding, realization, or recognition)

(colloquial) uh-huh (used informally in place of a “yes”)


ha

(poetic) expressing astonishment, fright, or shock

Ha, ha! Mi zúg? … mi éji dal / London utcáin ez?

1857, János Arany, A walesi bárdok (The Bards of Wales), translated by Péter Zollman

[untranslated] what is the din / In London's streets so late?

(regional) drawing attention to some soft sound


ni

Native word of debated origin:
# Shortened from nézd (“look!”) ~ nízd (a dialectal variant).
# An onomatopoeia expressing astonishment.

Itt van ni!


Na, nem baj.

Itt van Péter. – Na és?

Na, gyerünk!

Na, ne mondj ilyet!

Na, ez fáj!


la

ott van la!

(archaic) used in dialects at the end of an exclamatory sentence as an emphasis

a syllable used when singing a tune without lyrics


nem

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *ne (“no, not”). In the Ob-Ugric languages, it has been used only in pronominal forms such as Northern Mansi нэ̄матыр (nè̄matyr, “nothing”), нэ̄мхо̄т (nè̄mhōt, “nowhere”), нэ̄мхуньт (nè̄mhunʹt, “never”) (Sosva) and Northern Khanty нємхуйат (nêmhujat, “nobody”) (Kazym) or нємәԓхуйат (nêməłhujat)/нємәԯхуйат (nêməłhujat) etc.


kaput

(colloquial) kaput, busted (out of order; not working; broken; tired)


ja

Jössz holnap a meccsre? – Ja.

“Are you coming to the game tomorrow?” “Yep.”

(informal) yep (indicates agreement, approval, or understanding)

Este nem jár a vonat. – Ja, hát akkor menjünk busszal!

“No train is leaving in the evening.” “Oh, well then let's travel by bus!”

Ezt nem is Miki küldte! – Ja, lehet, hogy én értettem félre.

“This was not sent by Miki!” “Oh, then I must have misunderstood it.”

(informal) oh (indicates understanding something finally after a misunderstanding or confusion)


nos

no (interjection) + s (“and”, conjunction)


né

Clipping of nézd, the second-person singular subjunctive definite of néz (“to look”).

(folksy) look!, see! (expressing surprise or wanting to get attention)


pardon

From French pardon, primarily via German Pardon.

I beg your pardon
I beg your pardon#English

pardon!, pardon me!, excuse me!, I beg your pardon!, sorry!


kot

Kot-kot-kot-kot-kotkodács, minden napra egy tojás! (nursery rhyme)

cluck (imitative of the sound made by a hen, especially when brooding, or calling her chicks; can be used repetitively)


rut

Csak az eperfa alatt sétálgató, felborzolt tollú pulyka kiabálta: rut, rut.

Rút! Rút! Rút! / Föl is, le is út: / mérges Pulyka, te szereted / csak a háborút!

1954, Lőrinc Szabó, Falusi hangverseny (Village concert), archived from the original on 2018-10-19:

Gobble! Gobble! Gobble! / Go away: / angry Turkey, only you like / war!

Pulyka mondja: rut, rut, rut! / Aki kapzsi, mindig rút!

2018 July 22, Csanádi Imre, Hangverseny (Concert):

gobble (representation of the sound of a turkey; can be used repetitively)


vau

woof (the sound a dog makes while barking)


eh

indicates indifference, usually used as a reply alone: meh


pfuj

yuck, ew, phew (uttered to indicate disgust)


igen

Probably a lexicalization of i, an early variant of the demonstrative pronoun e /ez (“this”). Possibly formed with -g /-ig (terminative suffix) (compare míg and possibly leg-) and -en (adverb-forming suffix) (compare hogyan, ígyen). In its original sense, it was probably used to express emphasis. First attested in 1266.
According to Johanson (2004), borrowed from a Turkic particle egen ~ igen “evidently, indeed, certainly”, from erken, from *er- (“to be”), although this etymology is considered less probable.


fi

(rare, literary) yuck, ugh, boo (expression of disgust or contempt, sometimes like a symbolic spitting)


jó

From Proto-Ugric *jomɜ ~ *jamɜ (“good”). Cognates include Northern Mansi ёмас (ëmas, “good, right, nice”) and possibly also Erzya ён (jon, “good, right, nice”).


hmm

Indicating thinking, pondering, surprise or annoyance.


aj

1932, Attila József, Medvetánc (Bear Dance), poem, lines 1–2, http://hu.wikisource.org/wiki/Medvet%C3%A1nc
Fürtös, láncos, táncos, nyalka,
aj de szép a kerek talpa!

(please add an English translation of this quotation)


ui

oink (representing the sound made by a piglet)


jaja

From ja (“yep”), literally "yeah-yeah" or "yep-yep".

Akkor ma este lesz a meccs, ugye? – Jaja.
So the match is today, right? – Yep yep.

(informal) Indicates approval or understanding of a trivial statement; reassurance of agreement.


hu

boo (a loud exclamation intended to scare someone, especially a child)

Hu, de megijedtem!

ugh (used to express repugnance, disgust)


á

Á, már itt is vagy?

Á, nem hiszem. Ő sose mond ilyet.

Oh, I don't believe it. He/She'll never say such a thing.

oh (expression of dismissiveness, disagreement, or disbelief)


puff

Back-formation of puffad, puffant, puffaszt.

bang! pouf! (onomatopoeia representing a sudden sharp noise or crashing sound)


ej

indicates anger, like when telling someone off


bú

Bú, bú, bú, / boci szomorú, / de hogy feszít / tyúkjai közt a kukurikú.

Moo, moo, moo / the little calf is blue, / but how proud is / among his hens the cock-a-doodle-doo.

moo (the characteristic sound made by a cow)


rendre

Rendre, rendre!

(archaic, politics) order! (the speaker's call to order during sessions in legislature)


ó

Ó, értem már!


vaj

Onomatopoeic, imitating an involuntary burst of sound.


brr

brr (used to express being cold, to show shivering)

brr (an exclamation of disgust or aversion)


mek

Mek-mek-mek... Hát te meg ki vagy? - csodálkozott el a kecske.

2014, Brátán Erzsébet, Fannici és az elsüllyedt birodalom:

bleat (the characteristic sound of a goat, can be used repetitively)


szabad

Borrowed from a Slavic language. Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *svoboda (“freedom”). Compare Serbo-Croatian slȍbodan, Polish swobodny, Czech svobodný.


szabad

Excuse me! (requesting passage through the crowd)


cső

From a Slavic language; compare Proto-Slavic *cěvь, *cěva. The interjection sense has developed in modern times due to the word's phonetic similarity with csaó (“ciao”) or csá (“ciao”).


muti

Clipping and -i diminutive of mutasd (“show me”, definite second-person singular subjunctive of mutat).


hát

Lexicalization of há (an older variant of ha (“if”)) + -t (locative suffix).

af

an older variant of <i class="Latn mention" lang="hu">ha</i> (“if”)

Hát, ez van.

Nem ott van. - Hát?

Ez nem jó. - Hát a másik?

This isn't good. - And the other one? / What about the other one?

Nincs itt? - Nincs hát!

of course, surely (reacting to a statement to suggest confidence in the truth of it)


tente

Tente, baba, tente.

(childish) rock-a-bye, hush, hushaby (used in quieting a baby to sleep)


hű

oh! (the expression of surprise or mild scare, or that of relief after realizing there was no real danger)


hú

1845, Sándor Petőfi, János vitéz (John the Valiant), epic, part 20, translated by John Ridland

Not to mention the crows!… What a sight to be seen!

Hát még meg a varjúk!… hú, azok voltak ám!

wow! (the expression of surprise or mild scare)


hé

Dózsa György unokája vagyok én, ¶ Népért síró, bús, bocskoros nemes. ¶ Hé, nagyurak, jó lesz tán szóbaállni ¶ Kaszás népemmel, mert a Nyár heves.
I, the grandson of György Dózsa, ¶ a sad peasant-noble, must cry out for my people’s lot. ¶ Ah, you masters, great landlords, perhaps you would speak ¶ to my scythe-bearing people—for the summer is hot.

1907, Endre Ady, Dózsa György unokája (The Grandson of György Dózsa), poem, lines 1–4, trans. by Sir Maurice Bowra

hey (grabbing the attention of someone, possibly with the intent of warning)


gá

gigágá (alternative)
gá-gá (alternative)

Gá! Gá! Gá! / Szalad világgá / Liba mama, ha a Csacsi / rábőg, hogy I-á!

Honk! Honk! Honk! / Running far away / mama Goose, when the Donkey / brays at her Hee-haw!

honk (representation of the sound of a goose)


nini

Nini, egy madár!


oksi

Apocopic form of oké (“okay”) + -si (diminutive suffix).


egészségedre

[ˈɛɡeːʃːeːɡɛdrɛ]

egészséged + -re (“[on]to”, case suffix), from egészség (“health”) + -ed (“[informal] your”, possessive suffix).

affix

Egészségedre!

cheers, to your health (toast when drinking)

A: Köszönöm az ebédet. Nagyon finom volt.

Thank you for the lunch. It was delicious.

B: Egészségedre!

you're welcome (as a reply when a meal or drink is thanked, meaning: may it serve your health)

A: (sneezes)

B: Egészségedre!

A: Köszönöm.

bless you! (as a reply when someone sneezes)


ú

(dialectal) oh! ouch! ugh! gee! (expression of pain or being horrified, occasionally expression of surprise)


viszontlátásra

Lexicalization of viszontlátás (“seeing someone again”) + -ra (“on, onto”, sublative case suffix), from viszont (“again”) + látás (“sight, seeing”). Literally, it could be translated as “till we see each other again”.

af

Coordinate term: (used on the phone, when speakers cannot see each other) viszonthallásra


jé

Of debated origin:
# An onomatopoeia.
# Borrowed from German je.


segítség

[ˈʃɛɡiːt͡ʃːeːɡ]

segít (“to help”) + -ség (noun-forming suffix)

Help! (cry of distress or an urgent request for assistance)


szívesen

From szíves (“[rare] kind, cordial, hearty”) + -en (adverb-forming suffix), from szív (“heart”) + -es (adjective-forming suffix).

Coordinate term: köszönöm

you're welcome (as a response to “thank you”)


hamm

onomatopoeic

onomatopoeia

Ez úgy ad egy-egy falat kenyeret a kutyának, hogy mint a tekét tartja s a tekeütőt a bottal elütvén, a kenyér elröpül, s a kutya meg nem mozdul, csak a száját kitátván, hamm, elkapja a kenyeret.

1939, Zsigmond Móricz, A nagy fejedelem:

yum (refers to eating food, imitating the quick opening and closing of the mouth; can be childish, but also can enliven the presentation of the story; also used repetitively)


cin

Cin, cin! – cincogta egy előiramodó egérke.

1845, Hans Christian Andersen, “A fenyőfa (The Fir Tree)”, in Hans Christian Andersen meséi, →ISBN:

“Squeak, squeak,” said a little mouse that scurried forward.

squeak (imitative of a short, high-pitched sound of a mouse; can be used repetitively)


viszlát

goodbye, so long, see you later, next time, until I see you again


nyomás

nyom (“to press, to push”) + -ás (noun-forming suffix)

affix

(informal) go (for it), let's go, let's do it, hurry up


köszönöm

köszön (“to thank”) + -öm (personal suffix)

Köszönöm a segítségét.

thank you (an expression of gratitude, on the speaker's behalf)

keep the change (if said with some emphasis when handing over a banknote with a value not considerably larger than the required sum)


szervusz

The greeting evolved from the commoners’ greeting in Latin servus humillimus (“your humblest servant”), said to lords. No subservience is implied in modern use. Compare Slovak servus, Romanian servus, German servus, Swedish tjenare. See also the similar etymology at csaó and alászolgája.


szervusztok

False plural of szervusz with the second-person plural suffix -tok.


természetesen

of course, by all means, certainly, definitely


vivát

From the Latin vivat (“long life”) (literally, live!), from vivere (“to live”).


röf

Röf! Röf! Röf! / Orra sárba döf: / sonkalábán Kucu néni / fürödni döcög.

Oink! Oink! Oink! / Her nose pokes the mud: / aunt Kucu on her ham-legs / waddles to take a bath.

oink (representing the sound made by a pig)


bocs

Shortened from bocsánat (“sorry, pardon”).

Bocs, hogy megkérdeztem.

(colloquial) apols, soz (colloquial form of sorry or apologies)


gyí

gee up, giddyup (an instruction for a horse to start moving)


ím

Probably from the original i variant of e (“this”, demonstrative pronoun) + -m (pronoun-forming suffix for emphasis). First attested after 1416.

af

Piacra vont az ifju évek

1903, Endre Ady, Még egyszer… (Once Again…), poem, lines 1–6 http://hu.wikisource.org/wiki/M%C3%A9g_egyszer.. Még egyszer meghajolni késztet A lelkem régi, színes álma, Még egyszer, ím, tárva elétek, Ami az enyém, ami drága


jaj

Jaj de szép!


juj

An onomatopoeia. Its senses are identical to jaj. Often appears in repetitive forms: jujujj, jujujuj.

Juj, de megégettem a kezem!

ouch, oh (an expression of one's own physical pain)

Juj, de édesek ezek a kiskutyák!

oh (expression of wonder, amazement, or awe)


gratulálok

Gratulálok a sikeres záróvizsgádhoz!

Congratulations on your successful final exam!


fuj

onomatopoeic

onomatopoeia

yuck, ew, phew (uttered to indicate disgust)


Isten hozott

Isten (“God”) + hoz (“to bring”) + -ott (past-tense suffix), literally “God (has) brought you” (the informal “you” implied in the indefinite past-tense suffix).

af

(informal) welcome (greeting given upon someone's arrival)


brumm

brum (alternative)
brum-brum (alternative)


egészségére

[ˈɛɡeːʃːeːɡeːrɛ]

egészsége + -re (“[on]to”, case suffix), the first element from egészség (“health”) + -e (“[formal] your or his/her/its”, possessive suffix).

Egészségére!

B: Egészségére!

you're welcome (as a reply when a meal or drink is thanked, meaning: may it serve your health)

A: (sneezes)

B: Egészségére!

A: Köszönöm.

bless you! (as a reply when someone sneezes)


figyelem

The stem is of uncertain origin. Perhaps from an earlier variant of the verb fedd + -elem.

Attention!, Warning! (used to warn of danger in signs and notices)


ébresztő

ébreszt + -ő (present-participle suffix)


mindegy

(on its own) whatever, anyway, never mind, forget it, it doesn't matter


tessék

Lexicalization of the obsolete tetik variant of tetszik.

(offering or doing a favor for someone, expressing consent, approval, readiness, or encouragement)

here you are! (handing something over to someone)

offering or doing a favor for someone; expressing consent; approval; readiness; or encouragement

help yourself!, do start! (offering food and encouraging eating)

after you!, go ahead! (allowing someone to pass at the door)

go ahead! (answering a request for permission, like whether to open the window)

yes please!, can I help you? (expressing full attention by a shop assistant towards a customer)

I beg your pardon?
I beg your pardon#English

come again?, I beg your pardon? (if the speaker did not hear or understand or cannot believe what was heard)

action (instruction to start an act or scene of a theatric performance)


naná

(colloquial) sure, sure thing, sure enough, for shizzle, you bet, deffo, definitely, certainly, of course, no question


ugyan

Lexicalization of úgy + -an (adverb-forming suffix).

Biztos a kocsmába mentek! – Ők? Ugyan!

“They must have gone to the pub!” “Them? No way!”

hell no, no way, not at all (discarding a possibility)

Ugyan, menjen innen!

Ugyan, ne sírj!


örvendek

örvend + -ek, shortened from örvendek a szerencsének (“I am glad about the luck [to meet you]”).


lám

Syncopic form of látom (“I see”), lát (“to see”) + -om (personal suffix).

Lám, lám, végre találkoztunk!

(dialectal) Used in the expression hadd lám (“let me see”). Here lám is the contraction of lássam.


l.

l. a 62. o.-on

Abbreviation of lásd (“see [imperative]”); also ld.


egs

Clipping of egészségedre, egészségetekre, or egészségünkre (probably based on their pronunciation: [ɛɡeːʃː…]).

clipping

(colloquial) cheers, to your health (toast when drinking)


ámen

Borrowed from Late Latin amen, from Ancient Greek ἀμήν (amḗn, “so be it”), from Hebrew אמן (āmēn, “truly, certainly”).

amen (at the end of religious prayers: so be it)


sakk-matt

A wanderword. Borrowed from German Schachmatt (“checkmate”). First attested in 1651. Utimately from Persian شاه مات (šâh mât, “the king is defeated”).


háp

Háp! Háp! Háp! / Jönnek a Kacsák! / Hej, de éhes, hej, de szomjas / ez a társaság!

Quack! Quack! Quack! / The ducks are coming! / How thirsty, how hungry / is this bunch!

quack (the sound made by a duck; can be used repetitively: háp-háp)


bocsánat

From the obsolete verb bocsánik + -at (noun-forming suffix), from a Turkic language before the times of the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin (at the turn of the 9th and 10th centuries). Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *boĺ.

Bocsánat a késésért!

Nincs bocsánat


indulás

go (for it), let’s go, let’s move/roll, let’s get going, let’s do it, hurry up, off you/we go

indicating that the train, coach, bus etc. is about to depart


nyugalom

nyugalom! (canonical)
nyugodalom (alternative)

From the same Proto-Finno-Ugric *ńuŋɜ- (“to rest, relax”) stem as nyugszik + -alom.

inh

megnyugszik

the parenthetical suffixes create the formal versions

don't worry, fret not, take it easy, keep your cool, calm down


kösz

Clipping of köszönöm (“thank you”, first-person singular present definite of köszön).

clipping

first-person singular present definite of <i class="Latn mention" lang="hu">köszön</i>


basszus

Minced oath for the vulgar expletive bassza meg or a synonymous derivation of the verb.


fenékig

From fenék (“bottom”) + -ig (“till”, terminative case suffix), literally “till [the] bottom” (of the glass).

affix

bottoms up, cheers, down the hatch! (the drinking toast)


nahát

well I never, you don't say (exclamation of surprise)


ácsi

Borrowed from Romani aćh, singular imperative of aćhel (“to stay, remain”).


sicc

An onomatopoeia. Compare Serbo-Croatian ши̏ц, šȉc, Romanian șiț.

shoo! (an exclamation used to drive away cats)


sipirc

A playful derivation from sicc (“shoo”). Originally, it was a dialectal exclamation used to drive away cats.

(colloquial, humorous) off you go! out/off with you! scram!

(dialectal) shoo! (an exclamation used to drive away cats)


hess

shoo! (an exclamation used to drive away birds)


rajt

Vigyázz, kész, rajt!

Ready, steady, go! or On your mark, get set, go!


bazmeg

Contraction of baszd meg, the second-person singular imperative of the verb megbasz, a prefixed form of basz (an alternative form of baszik, chiefly in transitive senses, with prefixes).

(vulgar, colloquial) Used as a filler, for emphasis.

(vulgar, colloquial) Expressing dismay, discontent, displeasure, surprise, or even admiration. Not unlike shit or fuck in English.


bravó

brávó

hitman, sniper, assassin, contract killer, bravo


hapci

achoo, atishoo (UK), kerchoo (the sound of a sneeze)


kelep

A tó nádasban végződő részén gólya áll egy lábon, néha a szárnya alá nyúl csőrével, hirtelen az égre mered, azt mondja: „Kelep... kelep..."

clatter, clapper (the representation of the clattering sound a stork makes by snapping its bills together)


kuc-kuc

(childish) An adult's response to a young child's coughing.

Druzsba úr elérzékenyült, jóságos szürke szemei fölött rezegni kezdtek a pillák, minden vér a fejébe tódult, valami megdicsőülésszerű édes érzés lankasztotta el, szólni is akart, de sajátságos görcsös köhögési roham jött rá, mire akaratlan kapkodással belefogódzott az abroszba és lerántotta az abrosszal együtt a tányért is, mely csörömpölve tört össze a kavicsokon.
– Kuc, kuc – nevetett Jahodovska. – No, maga szeles, összetörte a tányéromat!

(humorous, informal) An adult's response to another adult's coughing.


kusti

Kusti! Elhallgass!

(dialectal) An exclamation used to silence a dog.

Kusti innen!

(dialectal) An exclamation used to drive away a dog.


helyre

From hely (“place”) + -re (“to”, case suffix). The adjective sense is a lexicalization of the noun form, it denotes that the specified person always exhibits the appropriate behavior in the place where he or she is.


szóval

so, well (used after a pause for thought to introduce a new topic, question or story, or a new thought or question in continuation of an existing topic)


remek

Of unknown origin.. Possibly from Proto-Slavic *remeslo.

unknown

Of unknown origin.

great! splendid! (expression of gladness about something)


sajna

(archaic, colloquial) alas, unfortunately


hajrá

Hajrá, csapat!

go! come on! (an expression of encouragement, especially in sports)


futás

fut (“to run”) + -ás (noun-forming suffix)

affix

Run for it! (calling on one's companion[s] to flee)


ugyebár

Ön ugyebár a felügyelő?

(literary) isn't it? aren't you? (used in questions expecting agreement or understanding)

Én, ugyebár, csak ma hallottam ezt.

Well, you know, I heard this just today.

(literary) you know (used to fill out a sentence)


csip

Csibe mondja: csip, csip, csip! / Jön a kánya, nyakon csíp!

(Can we date this quote?), Csanádi Imre, Hangverseny (Concert):

The chick says: chirp, chirp, chirp! / The kite is coming and will seize you by the collar!

chirp, tweet (the characteristic sound of a young chicken or a small bird)


klikk

(computing, informal) click (the sound of pressing a button on a computer mouse)


üdv

Back-formation of üdvözít (“to work sy’s salvation”), üdvözöl (“to greet”), üdvözül (“to find salvation”). The interjection sense may well derive from this word being viewed as short for üdvözlet (“greeting”) (the verbal noun of üdvözöl), also shown by the fact that some people unofficially add an apostrophe to indicate the shortening.

back-form

(informal) bye, goodbye (closing an e-mail)


sebaj

(literary) no matter, no fear, never mind, no problem, don't worry, no worries


hapták

From habt acht! (“pay attention!, attention!”), an Austrian military command that spread during the period of the common Austro-Hungarian army.

(military, dated) attention!, used as a command to bring soldiers to the attention position


elnézést

elnézés (“forgiveness”) + -t (accusative suffix)

affix

Elnézést a késésért!

Elnézést, hogy megvárakoztattalak.


állj

Állj! Elsőbbségadás kötelező

Állj vagy lövök!


köszi

Clipping and -i diminutive of köszönöm (“thank you”).


igenis

yes, right (sir, madame, etc.) (as a compliant response to a request or order)


képzeld

Coordinate term: (formal) képzelje

(informal) guess what (used to introduce a surprising outcome)


vigyázat

Vigyázat!

Vigyázat: veszélyes anyag!

Rajta van a címke: „Vigyázat, törékeny”!

It is labelled “Fragile, handle with care”!

caution, attention, warning (expressing a command or warning to proceed with caution)


ujjé

yippee, whoopee, yay (a spontaneous expression of delight or joy)


sziasztok

False second-person plural (with -tok) of an earlier sziasz variant of szia, supplanting former sziatok, sziótok. Compare szervusztok, szevasztok, as well as hellósztok, the latter from rebracketing -sztok by the analogy of sziasztok.

Sziasztok, lányok.

(informal) bye, see ya, so long (also only when addressing multiple people)


bim-bam

Of debated origin:
# Native word. An onomatopoeia.
# Borrowed from German bimbam.

(chiefly childish, literary) ding dong (the sound made by a bell or doorbell)


brekeke

ribbit (the vocal sound made by a frog or toad)


kukurikú

cock-a-doodle-doo (imitative of the cry of the rooster)


zümm

Zümm-zümm-zümm-zümm, jobb benn, mint künn - szomorkodott el a nyughatatlan méhecske, és üres tarisznyával bandukolt vissza a kasba.

(Can we date this quote?), Ferenc Móra, Csicseri történet:

buzz, hum (the characteristic sound of a bee; can be used repetitively)


csirip

Csip, csip, csip, / Csip, csirip, / Kóróra száll / A kis madár.

1912, Zsigmond Móricz, Boldog világ: Móricz Zsigmond összes állatmeséi:

chirp (the representation of the short, sharp or high note of a small bird)


dirr-durr

bang! pow! (representation of repetitive gun shots)


gigágá

[ˈɡiɡaː ˈɡaː]

Lúd mondja: gigágá! / Gyalog megyünk világgá!

The goose says: Honk! / We run away on foot!

honk (representation of the sound of a goose)


kotkodács

Kot-kot-kot-kot-kotkodács, minden napra egy tojás! (nursery rhyme)

Tyúk mondja: kotkodács! / Ha koplaltatsz, nincs tojás!

The hen says: Cluck! / If you starve me, no more eggs!

cluck (imitative of the sound made by a hen, especially when brooding, or calling her chicks)


tik-tak

tick tock (the sound of a ticking clock)


lásd

l. (alternative)
ld. (alternative)
lássad (alternative)

see (used to introduce a reference for further details)


ld.

ld. a 62. o.-on

Abbreviation of lásd (“see [imperative]”); also l.


csókolom

From the first-person singular indicative present definite of csókol, literally “I kiss (it)”. Ellipsis of kezét csókolom (“I kiss your hand”).


kisztihand

Borrowed from German küss’ die Hand (“I kiss your hand”), a once common greeting in Austria-Hungary accompanied by a kiss on the hand.


viszonthallásra

From viszonthallás (“hearing again/back”) + -ra (“on, onto”, here “for”; sublative case suffix), from the verb viszonthall (“to hear again, hear back”) + -ás (noun-forming suffix), from viszont- (“mutually; again”) + hall (“to hear”).
Coined in analogy with viszontlátásra. Literally, it could be translated as “till we hear each other again” or (more loosely) as “hear you later”. For a similar formation, compare Icelandic heyrumst or German auf Wiederhören

af

(formal) goodbye (used at the end of telephone conversations)


tiszteletem

tisztelet (“respect”) + -em (“my”, possessive suffix)


csaó

Borrowed from Italian ciao (“hi”), from Venetan s-ciao, sciavo (“slave”) (in particular the expression s-ciao vostro, literally meaning "(I am) your slave" but in essence meaning "your humble servant"), from Medieval Latin sclavus (“slave”). Doublet of szláv. See also the similar etymology at szervusz and alászolgája.


csőváz

[ˈt͡ʃøːvaːz]

Compound of cső (“tube, pipe”) + váz (“frame”). The interjection sense has developed from cső in its slang usage, ultimately due to its phonetic similarity with csaó (“ciao”) or csá (“ciao”).


alászolgája

Shortened from alázatos szolgája (“your humble servant”), calque of Latin servus humillimus. See also the similar etymology at szervusz and csaó.

we're done, it's over, finished, that's all (to cut off a heated argument)


azta

Shortened from azt a mindenit! or azt a mindenségit!


azt a mindenit

From azt + a (“the”) + mindenit (“mindenét”), from minden + -e (possessive suffix) + -t (accusative suffix), cf. mindenség.


a mindenit

From a + mindenit (“mindenét”), from minden + -e (possessive suffix) + -t (accusative suffix), cf. mindenség.

azt a mindenit!
azt a mindenit#Hungarian


a mindenségit

From a + mindenségit (“mindenségét”), from mindenség + -e (possessive suffix) + -t (accusative suffix).

azt a mindenségit!
azt a mindenségit#Hungarian


azt a mindenségit

From azt + a (“the”) + mindenségit (“mindenségét”), from mindenség + -e (possessive suffix) + -t (accusative suffix).


aszta

(informal) Eye dialect spelling of azta (“wow”).


ez igen

well done, way to go (exclamation of praise or endorsement of an achievement)


nesze

tessék

much more widely used and considerably more polite

(colloquial, possibly rude) here you are! (handing something over to someone)


köszönjük

köszön (“to thank”) + -jük (personal suffix)

affix

thank you (an expression of gratitude on behalf of multiple people)


éljen

From él (“to live”) + -jen (personal suffix). The interjection and the noun are conversion.


vigyázz

be careful, look out, watch out, tread lightly (used to warn someone to proceed with caution)

(military) attention! (used as a command to bring soldiers to the attention position)


csíz

(photography) “cheese” Said while being photographed, to give the impression of smiling.


bocsi

Clipping and -i diminutive of bocsánat (“I am sorry”).


Isten hozta

Isten (“God”) + hoz (“to bring”) + -ta (past-tense suffix), literally “God (has) brought you” (the formal “you” implied in the definite past-tense suffix).

af

(formal) welcome (greeting given upon someone's arrival)


üdvözöljük

üd‧vö‧zöl‧jük

üdvözöl (“to greet”) + -jük (“we”, personal suffix)

affix

(formal, on behalf of multiple people) hello


lárifári

From German Larifari or larifari, which may have derived from the Italian solfège terms la-re-fa-re.

baloney, nonsense, fiddlesticks, balderdash, hogwash, codswallop


abcúg

Borrowed from German Abzug (“drawback, subtraction, deduction”), from abziehen (“to subtract, deduct, pull out”).

bor+

(dated) Used to express disapproval or derision: boo!, get out!, begone!


slussz

From German Schluss, from Late Middle High German sluz.

Még egy oldal van hátra a könyvből és utána slussz, befejeztem!

I have one more page in the book and then that's it, finished!


becsszó

Syncopic form of becsületszó (“word of honor”).


üdvözlöm

From the üdvözl- stem of üdvözöl (“to greet”) + -öm (“I”, personal suffix).


teremburáját

Contraction; a euphemistic form (minced oath) of terem(tő) (“creating”) + -b- (inorganic linking sound) + urát (“…’s Lord, his/her/its Lord”). The sound -b- may have been influenced by búra (“lampshade, dome-like cover”) (compare borít (“to cover or spread over”)). For its form of coinage, compare istenfáját and kutyafáját. The ending is apparently -ja (“…’s, his/her/its”, possessive suffix) + -t (accusative suffix).

af

(dated, informal, usually construed with a) zounds! (formerly a swear word; currently more like a gentle, humorous expletive, chiefly to express annoyance; occasionally with a noun specifying the source of the annoyance, expressed with -nak/-nek)


teremtette

→ Romanian: teremtete

From teremt (“to create”) + -ette. The interjection is a shortened form of the phrase ördög teremtette (literally “devil-created, created by the devil”).

(dated, folksy) damn it, blast (it), confound it


úristen

Úristen, megijesztettél!

geez! (the expression of surprise or mild scare)


atyaúristen

From atya (“father”) + úr (“lord”) + isten (“god”).

oh my God, good Lord (an expression of astonishment, surprise, or satisfaction or joy)

(vulgar, in swearing) god damm (an expression of anger, irritation, disappointment, annoyance)