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dumál

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See also: dumal and dumał

Hungarian

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Etymology

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duma (talk, chat) +‎ -l (verb-forming suffix)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈdumaːl]
  • Hyphenation: du‧mál
  • Rhymes: -aːl

Verb

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dumál

  1. (intransitive, colloquial, also derogatory) to talk, spiel, chatter (to talk at length unnecessarily)
    Synonyms: fecseg, locsog, szövegel
  2. (intransitive, colloquial, also humorous) to talk, to chat, to speak (to be engaged in informal conversation)
    Synonyms: társalog, beszélget
  3. (transitive, colloquial, with -nak/-nek) to say something to someone
    Synonyms: mond, beszél
  4. (intransitive, colloquial, derogatory) to lie, fudge, prevaricate, fabricate (to state falsehoods)
    Synonyms: mellébeszél, hantál

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • dumál 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
  • dumál in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).