Meaning of kitalál | Babel Free

Definitions

1. to serve (to set food from a larger pot to individual plates)
   transitive
2. to find one’s way (out), to see oneself out (from the original, literal meaning of ki and talál)
   intransitive
3. to spill the beans (to tell all, to someone: -nak/-nek)
   ambitransitive, figuratively
4. to guess, to figure out (e.g. a solution to a challenge or problem)
   transitive
5. to invent, to make up, to come up with, to devise (e.g. a story, a claim, etc.)
   transitive

Equivalents

Examples

“Nehéz volt kitalálnunk az erdőből.”

It was hard to find our way out of the forest.

“Kitalálsz egyedül a konyhába?”

Can you find your way to the kitchen on your own?

“Találd ki, hány éves vagyok!”

Guess how old I am.

“Kitaláltam valamit.”

I have an idea. / I have come up with something.

“Én nem erre a munkára vagyok kitalálva.”

I'm not cut out for this job.

CEFR level