elveszti a fejét

Hungarian

Etymology

elveszt (“to lose”) +‎ -i (personal suffix) +‎ a (“the”) +‎ fej (“head”) +‎ -e (“his/her/its”, possessive suffix) +‎ -t (accusative suffix), literally “to lose one's head”

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈɛlvɛsti ɒ ˈfɛjeːt]

Verb

elveszti a fejét

(idiomatic) to lose one's head (to behave irrationally or to lose one's self-control, especially in a distressing situation or as a result of falling in love)
Nagyon megijedtek és elvesztették a fejüket. ― They got really scared and they lost their heads.

Conjugation

For the verb, see the definite conjugation of elveszt.
The noun fej (“head”) takes the appropriate possessive suffix according to the subject of the sentence plus the accusative suffix: fejemet, fejedet, fejét, fejünket, fejeteket, fejüket.

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