arrafelé

Hungarian

Alternative forms

• arrafele (dialectal)

Etymology

arra (“that way”) +‎ felé (“towards”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒrːɒfɛleː]
• Hyphenation: ar‧ra‧fe‧lé
• Rhymes: -leː

Adverb

arrafelé (not comparable)

1. about that way (away from the speaker), in that direction (usually pointing to the direction)

   Arrafelé láttam őket menni. ― I saw them going that way.

2. thereabout, thereabouts, near that place, around there

   Arrafelé lakom én is. ― I live around there, too.

Coordinate terms

• errefelé

Further reading

• arrafelé in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• arrafelé in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).