hátrál

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Hungarian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

hátra (backwards) +‎ -l (verb-forming suffix)

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈhaːtraːl]
  • Hyphenation: hát‧rál
  • Rhymes: -aːl

Verb[edit]

hátrál

  1. (intransitive) to back away, step backward, retreat, backpedal (to move in a direction opposite where one is facing)
  2. (intransitive, of objects, machines) to back (of cars, trains, etc. to go in the reverse direction)
  3. (intransitive) to back out (to withdraw from something one has promised to do)
  4. (intransitive, military) to withdraw, retire, retreat

Conjugation[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

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Further reading[edit]

  • hátrál 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