halálra neveti magát

Hungarian

Etymology

halál (“death”) +‎ -ra (“onto”, case suffix) +‎ nevet (“to laugh”) +‎ -i (personal suffix) +‎ magát (“oneself”, accusative), literally “to laugh oneself to death”

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhɒlaːrːɒ ˈnɛvɛti ˈmɒɡaːt]

Verb

halálra neveti magát

1. (idiomatic) to laugh one's head off (to laugh uproariously)

   Vicceket meséltünk és halálra nevettük magunkat. ― We told jokes and laughed our head off.

Conjugation

• For the verb, see nevet.
• The inflected noun halálra remains unchanged.
• The pronoun changes according to the subject of the sentence: magam or magamat, magad or magadat, magát, magunkat, magatokat, magukat.