Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

el- +‎ szúr (to prick, to sting)

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈɛlsuːr]
  • Hyphenation: el‧szúr
  • Rhymes: -uːr
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Verb edit

elszúr

  1. (transitive, colloquial) to mess up, to make a mess of, to screw up, to botch, to bungle
    Synonyms: elront, eltol, elfuserál, elpuskáz

Conjugation edit

Further reading edit

  • elszúr in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)