See also: nagyit

Hungarian

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Etymology

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nagy (big, large) +‎ -ít (verb-forming suffix)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈnɒɟiːt]
  • Hyphenation: na‧gyít
  • Rhymes: -iːt

Verb

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nagyít

  1. (transitive) to magnify, enlarge (to make an object appear larger by means of a lens)
    Antonym: kicsinyít
  2. (transitive, figuratively, often derogatory) to exaggerate, magnify (to make something appear greater or more important than it is)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • nagyít 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