Hungarian

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Etymology

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el- +‎ varázsol

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈɛlvɒraːʒol]
  • Hyphenation: el‧va‧rá‧zsol
  • Rhymes: -ol

Verb

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elvarázsol

  1. (transitive) to enchant, to bewitch, to charm (to change someone or something into another thing as if by magic)
    Synonym: megbabonáz
    1. (transitive) to make someone or something magically disappear
      Hypernym: eltüntet
  2. (transitive) to charm (to seduce, persuade or fascinate someone or something)
    Synonyms: elbűvöl, lenyűgöz, megbabonáz, magával ragad

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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  • elvarázsolt kastély (fun house, a carnival or amusement park attraction through which customers ramble to see distortion mirrors, ramps, slides, stairs, rotating barrel slides, etc.)

Further reading

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  • elvarázsol 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
  • elvarázsol 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).