elveszti a fejét

Hungarian

Etymology

elveszt (“to lose”) +‎ -i (personal suffix) +‎ a (“the”) +‎ fej (“head”) +‎ -e (“his/her/its”, possessive suffix) +‎ -t (accusative suffix), literally “to lose one's head”

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛlvɛsti ɒ ˈfɛjeːt]

Verb

elveszti a fejét

1. (idiomatic) to lose one's head (to behave irrationally or to lose one's self-control, especially in a distressing situation or as a result of falling in love)

   Nagyon megijedtek és elvesztették a fejüket. ― They got really scared and they lost their heads.

Conjugation

• For the verb, see the definite conjugation of elveszt.
• The noun fej (“head”) takes the appropriate possessive suffix according to the subject of the sentence plus the accusative suffix: fejemet, fejedet, fejét, fejünket, fejeteket, fejüket.