hátat fordít

Hungarian

Etymology

hát (“back”) +‎ -at (accusative suffix) + fordít (“to turn”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhaːtɒtfordiːt]

Verb

hátat fordít

1. to turn one's back, to turn away (on someone or something -nak/-nek) (to rotate the body so as not to face someone or something)

   Gábor hátat fordított az ablaknak. ― Gábor turned his back on the window.

2. (idiomatic) to turn one's back (to forsake, to abandon; to ignore)

Conjugation

• For the verb, see fordít.
• The inflected noun hátat remains unchanged.