arrafelé

Hungarian

Alternative forms
  • arrafele (dialectal)

Etymology

arra (“that way”) +‎ felé (“towards”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈɒrːɒfɛleː]
  • Hyphenation: ar‧ra‧fe‧lé
  • Rhymes: -leː

Adverb

arrafelé (not comparable)

  1. about that way (away from the speaker), in that direction (usually pointing to the direction)
    Arrafelé láttam őket menni. ― I saw them going that way.
  2. thereabout, thereabouts, near that place, around there
    Arrafelé lakom én is. ― I live around there, too.

Coordinate terms

Further reading
  • arrafelé 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
  • arrafelé 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 2024)
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