Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

el- +‎ ront

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈɛrːont]
  • Hyphenation: el‧ront
  • Rhymes: -ont

Verb edit

elront

  1. (transitive) to put out of order (equipment), to damage
  2. (transitive) to spoil (children), to corrupt (humans)
  3. (transitive) to impair (health)
  4. (transitive) to botch, to bungle, to mess up, to make a mess of, to screw up
    Synonyms: elszúr, eltol, elfuserál, elpuskáz

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Further reading edit

  • elront 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
  • elront 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)