Meaning of egyszer | Babel Free

Definitions

1. once (one and only one time)
2. at some unspecified time
3. once, formerly (at some unspecified time in the past)
4. sometime, one day (at some unspecified time in the future)
5. simply (used when something is obvious to the speaker, usually in possibly unfinished conditional sentences with the word ha - "if")
   colloquial

Equivalents

Examples

“Csak egyszer mondom el!”

I will only say it once!

“Egyszer voltam Párizsban.”

I have been to Paris once.

“I was born in the city of Bombay…once upon a time. No, that won’t do, there’s no getting away from the date: I was born in Doctor Narlikar’s Nursing Home on August 15th, 1947.”

“Majd egyszer elmesélem.”

I will tell you one day.

“De ha egyszer ez az igazság!”

But this is simply the truth!

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