szemet huny

Hungarian

Etymology

szem (“eye”) +‎ -et (accusative suffix) +‎ huny (“to shut”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɛmɛthuɲ]

Verb

szemet huny

1. (idiomatic) to turn a blind eye (to something: felett (fölött)) (to deliberately overlook something unpleasant or improper)

Conjugation

• For the verb, see huny.
• The inflected noun szemet remains unchanged.

Related terms

• szemhunyásnyi (wink, as in ’I didn’t sleep a wink’)