Meaning of felhagy | Babel Free
[ˈfɛlɦɒɟ]Definitions
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to give up something, discontinue, to quit doing something, abandon (hope, thought), dismiss (thought, idea) intransitive
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to set, assign (to give as an exercise in school to study or complete at home) archaic, transitive
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to reserve, keep back, retain (a place) archaic, transitive
Equivalents
Examples
“Felhagytunk a dohányzással.”
We gave up smoking.
“Ki itt belépsz, hagyj fel minden reménnyel.”
Abandon hope all ye who enter here.
“Nemsokára ebédre csengettek. Begyülekezett az egész cselédség, körülülték a hosszú keresztlábú asztalt, tudtára adván Jánosnak, hogy az első hely, mely máskor őt szokta illetni, most magasabb rangú egyéniség számára van felhagyva.”
Soon they rang the bell for lunch. All the servants gathered, sitting around the long X-legged table, letting John know that the first place he had once been given to was now reserved for an individual with a higher rank.
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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