feltalálja a spanyolviaszt

Hungarian edit

Alternative forms edit

feltalálja a meleg vizet (literally, “to invent [the] hot water”)

Etymology edit

feltalál (“to invent”) +‎ -ja (personal suffix) +‎ a (“the”) +‎ spanyolviasz (“sealing wax”) +‎ -t (accusative suffix), literally “to invent the sealing wax”

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [ˈfɛltɒlaːjːɒ ɒ ˈʃpɒɲolvijɒst]

Verb edit

feltalálja a spanyolviaszt

(idiomatic) to reinvent the wheel

Conjugation edit

For the verb, see the definite conjugation of feltalál.
The inflected noun spanyolviaszt remains unchanged.