rosszban töri a fejét

Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

rossz (“bad, evil, wrong”) +‎ -ban (“in”, case suffix) +‎ tör (“to break; plot”) +‎ -i (personal suffix) +‎ a (“the”) +‎ fej (“head”) +‎ -e (“his/her/its”, possessive suffix) +‎ -t (accusative suffix), literally “to break one's head in evil [things]” (to plot/plan something bad)

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [ˈrozbɒn ˈtøri ɒ ˈfɛjeːt]

Verb edit

rosszban töri a fejét

(idiomatic) to be up to some mischief
Synonym: rosszban sántikál

Conjugation edit

For the verb, see the definite conjugation of tör.
The inflected noun rosszban remains unchanged.
The noun fej takes the appropriate possessive suffix according to the subject of the sentence plus the accusative suffix: fejem/fejemet, fejed/fejedet, fejét, fejünket, fejeteket, fejüket.