Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

búcsú (farewell) +‎ -t (accusative suffix) +‎ mond (to say), literally to say farewell

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈbuːt͡ʃuːtmond]

Verb edit

búcsút mond

  1. (idiomatic) to say goodbye, to bid farewell (to someone or something -nak/-nek), to take leave
    Synonyms: elbúcsúzik, elköszön, búcsút vesz, istenhozzádot mond
    Búcsút mondtam a háznak.I said goodbye to the house.
    Búcsút mondtam nekik.I said goodbye to them.
    Szomorúan mondtunk búcsút.We bade our farewell with sadness.

Conjugation edit

  • For the verb, see mond.
  • The inflected noun búcsút remains unchanged.
  • The order of the two words can be switched depending on the sentence structure. See the examples above.