Meaning of elvesz | Babel Free

Definitions

1. to take away (to remove and put in a different place)
   transitive
2. to be lost, to get lost, to go missing
   intransitive
3. to bereave, deprive, take away (by violence; from someone: -tól/-től)
   transitive
4. to get lost, to lose one's way
   intransitive
5. to expropriate (to deprive a person of their private property for public use)
   transitive
6. to disappear, to vanish, to be lost, to slip out of one's hand, to go astray
   intransitive
7. to steal, rob (to take illegally)
   transitive
8. to perish
   intransitive
9. to deprive, confiscate (to remove something so that a person no longer has it; from someone: -tól/-től)
   transitive
10. to take, take up, consume (place, time)
    transitive
11. to occupy, block, shut out, obstruct (a view etc.)
    transitive
12. to take, accept, receive (something offered or given)
    transitive
13. to get married, marry, wed
    transitive
14. to get (one’s just deserts); to be rewarded or punished
    archaic, transitive
15. synonym of kivon (“to subtract”)
    informal

Equivalents

Examples

“Elvették minden jogukat.”

They were deprived of all their rights.

“Elvették a jogosítványomat.”

My driver's license was withdrawn.

“Nem vettem el a pénzt.”

I didn’t accept the money.

“Ezelőtt tizenkét évvel Pancsován laktunk, hol férjem városi hivatalnok volt. Bellovárynak hívták. […] Neki volt hivatala, szép háza, gyönyörű gyümölcsöskertje, szántóföldjei; én árva leány voltam, mikor elvett, s kész vagyont hoztam a házhoz, megélhettünk tisztességesen.”

Twelve years ago we lived in Pancsova, where my husband held a municipal office. His name was Bellovary […] he had his post, a pretty house, and a splendid orchard and meadow. I was an orphan when we married, and brought him some money; we were able to live respectably.

“[…] Ezért egy ünnepélyes fogadóestélyen – a haladószellemű termelés érdekében szerzett érdemeiért – sajátkezűleg tűzte ki Farlane múlt századból konzervált frakkjára a Fehér Szalag-rend középkeresztjét a két karabéllyal. ¶ És így végül minden bűnös elvette méltó jutalmát. […] Therefore, at a ceremonial reception, for his merits in the cause of progressive production, he personally pinned the Commander’s Cross of the Order of the White Ribbon with the Two Carbines on Farlane’s tails, preserved from the last century. ¶ And so, at last, all the guilty took their due reward.”

“Elveszett a gyűrűm.”

My ring went missing.

“Már sokszor elvesztem a városban.”

I have gotten lost many times in the city.

“Kilépéskor minden eddig beírt adat elvész.”

Any information you have entered will be lost upon exit.

“kard által vész el”

perish by the sword

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