See also: pàpol

Hungarian

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Etymology

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pap (priest) +‎ -ol (verb-forming suffix)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈpɒpol]
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  • Hyphenation: pa‧pol
  • Rhymes: -ol

Verb

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papol

  1. (intransitive, colloquial, derogatory) to chatter, jaw away
  2. (intransitive, archaic, dialectal) to preach (to give a sermon)
  3. (transitive) to lecture, preach (to speak in a pompous, lecturing, self-important manner)

Conjugation

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Further reading

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  • papol 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