kivesz

Hungarian

Etymology

ki- +‎ vesz

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkivɛs]
  • Hyphenation: ki‧vesz
  • Rhymes: -ɛs

Verb

kivesz

  1. (transitive) to take out, remove (from/out of something: -ból/-ből)
    Kivettem a pénzt a zsebemből. ― I took out the money from my pocket.
  2. (transitive) to withdraw, extract (money, from an account: -ról/-ről)
  3. (transitive) to rent (to occupy premises in exchange for rent; from someone: -tól/-től)
    Synonyms: bérbe vesz, kibérel
    Kivett egy szobát. ― S/he rented a room.
  4. (transitive) to cut out, remove, omit
  5. (transitive) to take (to assume or suppose; based on some information: -ból/-ből)
    Azt veszem ki a szavaiból, hogy nem lesz ott. ― I take it from her comments she won't be there.
  6. (transitive) to take off (to absent oneself from work)
    Kivettünk két hét szabadságot. ― We took off two weeks for vacation.
  7. (transitive) to get something out of someone (-ból/-ből)
    Egy szót sem tudtunk kivenni belőlük. ― We couldn't get a word out of them.

Conjugation

Derived terms

Expressions

Further reading

  • kivesz 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
  • (alternative form of kivész (“to become extinct”)): kivesz 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
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.