Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

rá- +‎ húz

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈraːɦuːz]
  • Hyphenation: rá‧húz
  • Rhymes: -uːz

Verb edit

ráhúz

  1. (intransitive, used with -ra/-re) to pull or draw something over or on someone/something
  2. (intransitive, colloquial, used with -ra/-re) to (give a) slap or smack (usually on some body part)
  3. (transitive, intransitive, with definite forms and often null object) to tune up, strike up, start playing (on some stringed instrument)
  4. (transitive, informal) to add (a storey, floor, or level to a building)
  5. (transitive, colloquial) to lengthen, prolong (e.g. one’s vacation by some days)
  6. (transitive) to apply (categorize as an instance of a broader case, sometimes by force)

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Further reading edit

  • ráhúz 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