Hungarian

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Etymology

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le- +‎ szűr

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈlɛsyːr]
  • Hyphenation: le‧szűr
  • Rhymes: -yːr

Verb

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leszűr

  1. (transitive, of liquid) to filter, strain
    A tealeveleket forró vízzel leöntjük, majd leszűrjük.Pour hot water over the tea leaves, then strain it.
  2. (transitive, figuratively) to draw, learn (to deduce and conclude as a result of longer observation, experience and thinking, from something: -ból/-ből)
    Leszűrtük a tanulságot a múltból.We've learned the lessons from the past.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • leszűr 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