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Meaning of felhagy | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1
[ˈfɛlɦɒɟ]

Definitions

  1. to give up something, discontinue, to quit doing something, abandon (hope, thought), dismiss (thought, idea)
    intransitive
  2. to set, assign (to give as an exercise in school to study or complete at home)
    archaic, transitive
  3. to reserve, keep back, retain (a place)
    archaic, transitive

Equivalents

Български спирам
Català desistir
Deutsch aufhören
English Abandon Desist leave
Español desistir [de]
Magyar eláll
Italiano desistere
日本語 止める
Kurdî bo
Latina dēsistō
Te Reo Māori Kāti
Nederlands ophouden
Polski zaprzestać
Português desistir
Slovenčina prestáť
Svenska avstå
Türkçe vazgeçmek
Tiếng Việt bọ chúa nghị ngừng thôi

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.

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