Hungarian

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Etymology

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le- (down) +‎ ránt (to pull)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈlɛraːnt]
  • Hyphenation: le‧ránt
  • Rhymes: -aːnt

Verb

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leránt

  1. (transitive) to pull/tear something or someone off (to remove something or someone suddenly, with force, from a higher place (separative suffixes) to a lower place (lative suffixes))
    A kutya lerántotta a takarót az ágyról a szőnyegre.The dog pulled the blanket off the bed to the carpet.
    Az örvény lerántotta a csónakot a mélybe.The current pulled the boat down into the depths.
  2. (transitive, figuratively) to lambaste, knock (to criticize harshly, usually with unfair severity)
    Synonyms: megbírál, lehúz

Conjugation

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Further reading

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  • leránt 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