keresztet vet

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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kereszt (cross) +‎ -et (accusative suffix) +‎ vet (to throw, cast)

Pronunciation

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Verb

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keresztet vet

  1. (idiomatic) to cross oneself (to make the sign of the cross)
  2. (idiomatic, usually with -het, used with -ra/-re) one can give up something as lost, one can consider it a lost cause
    Ha tíz év alatt sem adják meg az adósságodat, akkor arra keresztet vethetsz.If your debt is not paid back in ten years, you can consider it lost.

Conjugation

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  • For the verb, see vet.
  • The inflected noun keresztet remains unchanged.