fogva tart

Hungarian

Etymology

fog (“to catch, capture”) +‎ -va (adverbial-participle suffix) +‎ tart (“to hold”), literally “to hold captured”

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfoɡvɒtɒrt]

Verb

fogva tart

1. (transitive) to detain, to hold prisoner (to keep someone captive)

   Synonym: őrizetben tart

Conjugation

• For the verb, see tart.
• The adverbial participle fogva remains unchanged.

Derived terms

• fogvatartott