Meaning of befordul | Babel Free

Definitions

1. to turn (followed by lative suffixes) (to change direction and enter a relatively narrower or closed place)
   intransitive
2. to roll over (to turn in bed towards the wall before falling asleep)
   intransitive
3. to roll into (followed by -ba/-be) (to fall into something and tip over)
   intransitive

Equivalents

Examples

“befordul a sarkon”

to turn the corner, to walk around the corner

“Befordultunk jobbra, egy mellékutcára.”

We turned right into a side street.

“A kocsi befordult a térre.”

The car entered the square.

“Befordúltam a konyhára, / Rágyujtottam a pipára… / Azaz rágyujtottam volna, / Hogyha már nem égett volna.”

“Viktor nekilódult, és sietős léptekkel, ami inkább távgyalogláshoz hasonlított, befordult a sarkon.”

Death and the Penguin

“A kocsi befordult az árokba.”

The car rolled into a ditch.

CEFR level