Hungarian

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Etymology

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kín (pain) +‎ -lódik (frequentative-reflexive verb-forming suffix)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈkiːnloːdik]
  • Hyphenation: kín‧ló‧dik
  • Rhymes: -oːdik

Verb

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kínlódik

  1. (intransitive) to suffer with pain, agonize
    Synonyms: gyötrődik, szenved
    Sokat kínlódtam a betegségem alatt.I suffered a lot during my illness.
  2. (intransitive) to struggle, toil (with a task, followed by -val/-vel)
    Synonyms: bajlódik, küszködik, vesződik, veszkődik
    Még mindig a régi szerszámokkal kínlódik.He is still struggling with the old tools.
  3. (intransitive) to scrape by, to live in poverty, to barely sustain oneself
    Synonyms: nyomorog, tengődik, sínylődik

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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