befordul

Hungarian

Etymology

be- +‎ fordul

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈbɛfordul]
  • Hyphenation: be‧for‧dul
  • Rhymes: -ul

Verb

befordul

  1. (intransitive) to turn (followed by lative suffixes) (to change direction and enter a relatively narrower or closed place)
    befordul a sarkon ― to turn the corner, to walk around the corner
    Befordultunk jobbra, egy mellékutcára. ― We turned right into a side street.
    A kocsi befordult a térre. ― The car entered the square.
    • 1843, Sándor Petőfi, Befordúltam a konyhára…:
      Befordúltam a konyhára, / Rágyujtottam a pipára… / Azaz rágyujtottam volna, / Hogyha már nem égett volna.
      (please add an English translation of this quote)
  2. (intransitive) to roll over (to turn in bed towards the wall before falling asleep)
  3. (intransitive) to roll into (followed by -ba/-be) (to fall into something and tip over)
    A kocsi befordult az árokba. ― The car rolled into a ditch.

Conjugation
conjugation of befordul
1st person sg 2nd person sg
informal		 3rd person sg,
2nd p. sg formal		 1st person pl 2nd person pl
informal		 3rd person pl,
2nd p. pl formal
Indica­tive
mood		 Pre­sent Indef. befordulok befordulsz befordul befordulunk befordultok befordulnak
Def. intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
2nd-p. o. ―
Past Indef. befordultam befordultál befordult befordultunk befordultatok befordultak
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Condi­tional
mood		 Pre­sent Indef. befordulnék befordulnál befordulna befordulnánk befordulnátok befordulnának
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Sub­junc­tive
mood		 Pre­sent Indef. beforduljak befordulj or
beforduljál		 beforduljon beforduljunk beforduljatok beforduljanak
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Infinitive befordulni befordulnom befordulnod befordulnia befordulnunk befordulnotok befordulniuk
Other nonfinite
verb forms		 Verbal noun Present participle Past participle Future part. Adverbial part. Potential
befordulás beforduló befordult ― befordulva befordulhat

Derived terms
  • befordulás

Further reading
  • befordul 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
  • befordul in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (’A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2023)
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