kiáll

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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ki- +‎ áll

Pronunciation

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Verb

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kiáll

  1. (intransitive) to stand out (to go outside or to a higher place and stand there) (followed by lative suffixes)
    kiáll az utcárato stand out on the street
    kiáll a hegytetőreto stand out on the mountaintop
  2. (intransitive) to pull out (to step or move out of something and stand there) (followed by separative suffixes)
    kiáll a garázsbólto pull out from the garage
    kiáll a sorbólto step out of the line
  3. (intransitive) to stick out, to protrude, to extend beyond (followed by -ból/-ből)
    Mi az a fadarab, ami kiáll a falból?What is that piece of wood sticking out of the wall?
  4. (intransitive) to stand up for (to speak or act in support or defense of a person, a cause, a belief, etc.) (followed by -ért)
    kiáll a jogaiértto stand up for one's rights
  5. (intransitive) to fight (to go into battle with someone, to fight a duel)
  6. (transitive) to endure, tolerate, bear, stand
    kiállja az idő próbájátto stand the test of time
    1. (transitive, construed with -hat/-het, chiefly in the negative) cannot stand, cannot bear, loathe, hate
      Ki nem állhatom, ha parancsolgatsz nekem.I can’t stand you ordering me around.
      Ki nem állhatlak!I can’t stand you!

Conjugation

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Expressions

Further reading

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  • kiáll 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