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kitölt

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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ki- (out) +‎ tölt (to pour)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈkitølt]
  • Hyphenation: ki‧tölt
  • Rhymes: -ølt

Verb

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kitölt

  1. (transitive) to pour out (to serve a drink; into a cup or glass: -ba/-be)
    A házigazda kitöltötte a bort a poharakba.The host poured the wine into the glasses.
  2. (transitive) to fill (to eliminate a gap by inserting or fitting a material there; with something: -val/-vel)
    A kőműves a repedéseket cementtel töltötte ki.The mason filled the cracks with cement.
  3. (transitive) to fill (to completely occupy a certain time by a performance or program, leaving nothing free)
    Az új színdarab kitölt egy egész estét.The new play fills an entire evening.
  4. (transitive) to fill (to occupy a frame or space by a material or a person just by being there)
    A magas férfi alakja kitöltötte az egész ajtónyílást.The tall man's figure filled the entire doorway.
  5. (transitive) to fill, occupy (to be concerned with one thought or idea)
    A nagymama minden gondolatát a lánya családja töltötte ki.The grandmother's thoughts were completely filled with her daughter's family.
  6. (transitive) to fill in (UK), fill out (to complete a form or questionnaire with requested information)
    Kitöltötted már a kérdőívet?Have you filled out the questionnaire yet?
  7. (transitive) to complete, serve (to spend a certain amount of time somewhere or in some state)
    A fiunk kitöltötte a katonaidejét.Our son has completed his military service.
    Kitöltötte a büntetését és elhagyta a várost.He served his sentence and left the town.
  8. (transitive, figuratively) to take it out on (to unleash one's anger, fury, revenge on a person or thing other than the one that caused it; on someone or something: possessive suffix + -n/-on/-en/-ön)
    A munkahelyén komoly problémák voltak, és a családján töltötte ki a haragját.He had serious problems at work and took out his anger on his family.

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Further reading

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  • kitölt 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