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Meaning of elidegenít | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2
[ˈɛlidɛɡɛniːt]

Definitions

  1. to alienate, estrange (to withdraw affections or attention from; to make indifferent or averse, where love or friendship before subsisted; from someone: -tól/-től)
    transitive
  2. to alienate (to convey or transfer to another, as title, property, or right; to part voluntarily with ownership of)
    transitive
  3. to misappropriate (to unlawfully take and keep something that is not one's own)
    euphemistic, formal, transitive

Equivalents

Examples

“Az apa szigorúsága elidegenítette a gyermekeit.”

The father's strictness alienated his children.

“Az apa elidegenítette magától a gyermekeit.”

The father alienated his children from himself.

CEFR level

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

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