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Meaning of elbeszél | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2
[ˈɛlbɛseːl]

Definitions

  1. to narrate, tell, recount, relate
    literary, transitive
  2. to spend time chatting
    ambitransitive
  3. to speak or talk without considering the other's point (aside someone mellett)
    intransitive

Equivalents

English Narrate Recount

Examples

“Úgy elbeszéltük az időt, hogy majdnem lekéstük a buszt.”

We chatted away the time and almost missed the bus.

“Nem is beszélgettek, csak elbeszéltek egymás mellett.”

They didn't even converse, just talked past each other.

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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