Meaning of csak | Babel Free

Definitions

1. only, exclusively (excluding everything else)
2. just, only, merely, solely (when something is not as great or as much or as serious as could be expected)
3. for a reason that the speaker does not want to specify
4. it's just that, but (explaining a reason that restricts or prevents the effectiveness of the event specified previously)
5. if only, I wish (in wishes; indicates less hope if used with conditional mood, more certainty if used with subjunctive)
6. supposedly, must, after all (describing supposition, based on how things normally turn out)
7. nevertheless, nonetheless, all the same (expressing resistance or defiance)
8. used in imperative sentences to indicate something quick or immediate
9. don't bother, do as you wish (in imperative sentences)
10. as late as, no sooner (than…), not until (that…)
11. -ever, no matter (whoever, whatever, wherever etc. or no matter who/what/where etc.)

Equivalents

Examples

“Csak a sajtos pizzát szeretem.”

I only like cheese pizza.

“Ez csak játék.”

This is just a game.

“Ezt miért csináltad? - Csak!”

Why did you do that? - Just because! (No reason!)

“Hívtalak telefonon! – Hallottam, csak épp zuhanyoztam.”

I called you on the phone! – I heard, but I was in the shower.

“Nyerhetett volna a csapat, csak nem volt elég jó az edzőjük.”

The team could have won, it's just that their coach wasn't good enough.

“Ő is ott volt, csak a másik szobában.”

He was also there, but in the other room.

“Csak élné/élje túl a balesetet!”

If only he survived the accident!

“Előbb-utóbb csak hazajön!”

Sooner or later, he/she/it must get back home, after all!

“Hiába mondtam neki, ő csak nem akarta megérteni.”

I kept explaining it to him/her in vain; s/he just refused to understand it.

“Mondtuk neki, hogy nyugodtan maradhat, de ő csak hazament a többiekkel.”

We told him/her s/he was welcome to stay some more while but s/he did go home with the others, nevertheless.

“Nézd csak!”

Hey, look!

“Várj csak!”

Wait a minute! / Hold on for a second!

“Figyelj csak!”

Listen up!

“Menj csak!”

Go, don't bother.

“Hagyd csak!”

Just let him!

“Dohányozz csak! Magadnak ártasz vele, nem nekem!”

Smoke if you wish! You're hurting yourself, not me.

“Elromlott az ébresztőórám, és csak 10-kor ébredtem fel.”

My alarm clock broke down and I didn't wake up until 10 a.m..

“A tudomány csak a 16–17. században kezdett megválni a négy fő testnedv elméletétől.”

It wasn't until the 16th and 17th century that science started to discard the theory of the four principal bodily humors.

“Amit csak kérsz, megadom neked.”

I'll give you whatever you want.

“Ahol csak járt, mindenütt barátokat szerzett.”

He made friends wherever he went.

“Akkor jössz, amikor csak akarsz.”

You can come whenever you like.

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