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Meaning of elhallgat | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C2 Specialized
[ˈɛlɦɒlɡɒt]

Definitions

  1. to hush, pause, stop speaking, become silent, shut up (to take a sudden pause in speaking)
    intransitive
  2. to stop crying
    intransitive
  3. to cease, stop
    intransitive
  4. to suppress, cover up, hush up, conceal, withhold, hide something (from someone: elől)
    transitive
  5. to listen to someone or something (for a longer time, with attention)
    transitive
  6. to gloss over, ignore (to tolerate something in silence)
    transitive

Equivalents

Azərbaycanca ört-basdır etmək
Български задържам скривам
Bosanski salata
Català retenir
Dansk skjule
Esperanto deteni eksilenti silentigi subpremi
Gaeilge coisc cumhdaigh
Galego reter
Hrvatski salata
Հայերեն ճնշել
Bahasa Indonesia tutup-tutupi
Íslenska þagna
Kurdî im im îm im
Latina dētrahō obtego operiō supprimō
Te Reo Māori āpuru
Português abafar encobrir privar reter suprimir
Српски salata
Svenska mörklägga skyla
Tiếng Việt ỉm

Examples

“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.”
“Órákig elhallgatnám ezt a zenét.”

I'd listen to this music for hours.

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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