Hungarian

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Etymology

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ki- +‎ rúg

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈkiruːɡ]
  • Hyphenation: ki‧rúg
  • Rhymes: -uːɡ

Verb

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kirúg

  1. (transitive, informal) to fire (to terminate the employment of someone)

Usage notes

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Used informally in the sense of terminating employment. The formal equivalent is elbocsát.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Expressions

Further reading

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  • kirúg in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN