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megbukik

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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meg- +‎ bukik

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈmɛɡbukik]
  • Hyphenation: meg‧bu‧kik
  • Rhymes: -ukik

Verb

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megbukik

  1. (intransitive, education, with -ból/-ből) to fail (to receive a non-passing grade in academic pursuits)
    Tavaly megbuktam angolból.I failed English last year.
  2. (intransitive, of a government) to be overthrown
  3. (intransitive, of an idea) to fail, fall through
  4. (intransitive, of a movie, play, book, song etc.) to flop (to fail completely; not to be successful at all)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • megbukik 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