zavarba hoz

Hungarian

Etymology

zavar (“embarrassment”) +‎ -ba (“into”, case suffix) +‎ hoz (“to bring”), literally “to bring into embarrassment”

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈzɒvɒrbɒhoz]

Verb

zavarba hoz

1. (transitive, idiomatic) to embarrass someone (to disrupt somebody's composure or comfort)

   A kérdés zavarba hozott. ― The question embarrassed me.

   Remélem, nem hoztalak zavarba. ― I hope I didn't embarrass you.

Conjugation

• For the verb, see hoz.
• The inflected noun zavarba remains unchanged.