rosszban töri a fejét

Hungarian

Etymology

rossz (“bad, evil, wrong”) +‎ -ban (“in”, case suffix) +‎ tör (“to break; plot”) +‎ -i (personal suffix) +‎ a (“the”) +‎ fej (“head”) +‎ -e (“his/her/its”, possessive suffix) +‎ -t (accusative suffix), literally “to break one's head in evil [things]” (to plot/plan something bad)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈrozbɒn ˈtøri ɒ ˈfɛjeːt]

Verb

rosszban töri a fejét

(idiomatic) to be up to some mischief
Synonym: rosszban sántikál

Conjugation

For the verb, see the definite conjugation of tör.
The inflected noun rosszban remains unchanged.
The noun fej takes the appropriate possessive suffix according to the subject of the sentence plus the accusative suffix: fejem/fejemet, fejed/fejedet, fejét, fejünket, fejeteket, fejüket.