Meaning of kapkod | Babel Free

Definitions

1. to grip, grab, snatch, catch (followed by után or -ért) (to repeatedly trying to reach for something in order to grab it)
   intransitive
2. to snap up (to buy something quickly due to popularity)
   transitive
3. to hurry, fluster (to act in haste, in disorderly confusion, without plans)
   intransitive
4. to throw on (used with the inflected reflexive pronoun magamra, magadra, magára etc.) (to hastily put on clothes)
   transitive

Equivalents

Examples

“Elvesztette az egyensúlyát és az ajtófélfa után kapkodott.”

He lost his balance and grabbed for the door frame.

“levegő után kapkod”

to gasp for breath/air, to be short of breath

“Kapkodják a koncertjegyeket.”

The concert tickets are snapped up fast.

“Ne kapkodj!”

Don't be so hasty!

“Magára kapkodta a ruháját.”

She threw on her clothes.

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