lerántja a leplet

Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

leránt (“to pull off suddenly”) +‎ -ja (personal suffix) +‎ a (“the”) +‎ lepel (“veil”) +‎ -et (accusative suffix), literally “to pull off the veil”

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [ˈlɛraːɲcɒ ɒ ˈlɛplɛt]

Verb edit

lerántja a leplet

(idiomatic, with -ról/-ről) to unmask, expose, reveal, blow the lid off (to show and display that which was hidden)
Synonym: leleplez

Lerántottuk a leplet az árulóról. ― We exposed the traitor.

Conjugation edit

For the verb, see the definite conjugation of leránt.
The inflected noun leplet remains unchanged.