exponál

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Hungarian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin expōnō (I expose), from ex- (out) + pōnō (I place, put).[1] With the verb-forming suffix -ál.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈɛksponaːl]
  • Hyphenation: ex‧po‧nál
  • Rhymes: -aːl

Verb[edit]

exponál

  1. (intransitive, photography) to take a photograph, to shoot with a camera
  2. (transitive) to stick one's neck out, to risk one's reputation for someone (followed by the reflexive pronoun maga and -ért) (to sacrifice one's own reputation for someone else's cause or interests)
    Exponálta magát a barátjáért.He risked his reputation for his friend.

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

Further reading[edit]

  • exponál 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
  • exponál 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)