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From pénz (“money”) + -vé (“into”) + tesz (“to turn into, to make”), literally “to turn into money”.
pénzzé tesz
- (transitive, idiomatic) to sell something, cash in (to exchange an object for cash)
- Synonym: elad
- For the verb, see tesz.
- The inflected noun pénzzé remains unchanged.