Meaning of fest | Babel Free

Definitions

1. to paint (something a colour: -ra/-re)
   transitive
2. to dye
   transitive
3. to look in some way
   intransitive

Equivalents

Examples

“Pirosra festettem az autómat.”

I painted my car red.

“Hogy fest?”

What does it look like?

“Dale nem festett valami jól; viaszos sápadtsága szinte beteges volt. S mintha izzadt volna; ingzubbonya fölé kockás sportzakót vett, s e kettő nagyon nem illett össze.”

Dale didn't look well for this interview; his waxy pallor had slid over into the sickly. He seemed to be sweating, and he had put on a checkered sports jacket over his lumberjack shirt, with discordant effect.

CEFR level