szól

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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szó (word) +‎ -l

Pronunciation

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Verb

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szól

  1. (intransitive) to speak, say, talk to someone (-hoz/-hez/-höz)
    Synonym: beszél
    Szólj hozzám!Talk to me!
  2. (transitive) to speak (to say a word, sentence)
    Synonyms: mond, (to utter, pronounce [partial synonym]) kiejt
    Egész nap keveset szólt.She spoke very little all day.
  3. (intransitive) to be about, handle (-ról/-ről)
    Miről szól ez a mese?What is this tale about?
  4. (intransitive) to let know, inform, notify, apprise, call (-nak/-nek)
    Synonyms: értesít, tudat, közöl, megmond, elmond, tudtára ad
    Majd szólok neki.I will let him/her know.
  5. (intransitive) to say, react (to tell an opinion) (-hoz/-hez/-höz)
    Mit szólsz hozzá?What do you say about it?
    Mit szólnál, ha…What would you say if…
  6. (intransitive) to be valid (for the specified number of people, the specified event, duration etc.; used with -ra/-re)
  7. (intransitive) to be in favor of or against someone or something (used with mellette or ellene, or with phrases formed with the related postpositions)
  8. (intransitive, of some text) to read, run (e.g. as follows)
  9. (intransitive, of a musical instrument, telephone, radio, etc.) to sound, ring
  10. (intransitive, of a bird) to call

Conjugation

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In archaic or literary style, the long forms (with a linking vowel) are (were) common in the past tense, as well as in the present-tense conditional (even if it is short otherwise):

Derived terms

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(With verbal prefixes):

Further reading

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  • szól 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