Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

le- +‎ nyel

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈlɛɲɛl]
  • Hyphenation: le‧nyel
  • Rhymes: -ɛl
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Verb edit

lenyel

  1. (transitive) to swallow, to gulp down
  2. (transitive, figuratively) to repress, hold back, suppress
    Lenyelte a könnyeit.S/he held back the tears.

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Further reading edit

  • lenyel 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