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