Hungarian

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Etymology

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meg- +‎ szeg

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈmɛksɛɡ]
  • Hyphenation: meg‧szeg

Verb

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megszeg

  1. (transitive, of bread) to cut (to cut into a loaf of bread or similar food item for the first time or to cut it into two)
    Synonyms: felvág, megkezd
  2. (transitive, of a rule, promise, oath, law, contract) to violate, break (to not adhere to)
    Synonyms: megsért, áthág

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • megszeg 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