lenyeli a békát

Hungarian

Etymology

lenyel (“to swallow, to gulp down”) +‎ -i (personal suffix) +‎ a (“the”) +‎ béka (“frog”) +‎ -t (accusative suffix), literally “to swallow the frog”. Compare German eine Kröte schlucken, Portuguese engolir sapo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɛɲɛli ɒ ˈbeːkaːt]

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Verb

lenyeli a békát

1. (idiomatic, colloquial) to swallow a bitter pill, bite the bullet (to accept or endure an unpleasant reality)

Conjugation

• For the verb, see the definite conjugation of lenyel.
• The inflected noun békát remains unchanged.