Hungarian

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Etymology

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vissza- (back) +‎ fordít (to turn; translate)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈvisːɒfordiːt]
  • Hyphenation: visz‧sza‧for‧dít
  • Rhymes: -iːt

Verb

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visszafordít

  1. (transitive) to turn back, reverse, invert (to cause to reverse direction)
  2. (transitive) to retranslate (to translate back to the original)
  3. (transitive) to turn back, send back (to prevent or refuse to allow passage or progress)
    A katonák minden menekültet visszafordítottak a határnál.The soldiers turned back all the refugees at the frontier.
  4. (transitive, figuratively, rare) to turn back (to change the subject back to the previous one)
    Megint visszafordította a szót a saját problémáira.He/she turned back the conversation again to his/her own problems.

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