Meaning of kar | Babel Free

Definitions

1. faculty (scholarly staff at colleges or universities; usually preceded by the adjective denoting the members, e.g. tanári kar (“teaching staff”))
2. damage, loss, detriment
   countable, uncountable
3. arm (upper limb of a human or animal)
4. faculty (department at a university, e.g. that of arts, science, or law)
5. shame, pity, too bad (something regrettable; used with a subordinate clause)
   countable, predicative, uncountable
6. lever (a rod with one end fixed, which can be pulled to trigger or control a mechanical device)
7. a group of people performing together (choir, chorus, chorus line, ensemble, etc.)
8. waste, something useless, pointless, or futile, not being worth the bother/trouble (used with -ért or an infinitive)
   countable, predicative, uncountable
9. crank (bent piece of an axle used to impart a rotation to a mechanical device)
10. condition (the state or quality; the health status of a medical patient)

Equivalents

Examples

“Milyen kár, hogy nem jöhetsz velünk.”

What a pity that you can't come with us.

“Kár, hogy nem voltam ott!”

Too bad I wasn't there!

“Kár erről beszélni.”

It's useless to talk about this.

CEFR level