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Meaning of nyög | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C2 Specialized
[ˈɲøɡ]

Definitions

  1. to moan, groan
    ambitransitive
  2. to suffer from, be saddled with something (to be burdened, encumbered with something; to feel the evil/ill effect/s of something)
    figuratively, transitive

Equivalents

English Groan Moan

Examples

“Nemzetek, országok! kik rút kelepcében / Nyögtök a rabságnak kínos kötelében, / S gyászos koporsóba döntő vas-igátok / Nyakatokról eddig le nem rázhatátok;”

Countries still trapped within the snare of servitude, / Nations that groan in pain, by iron bonds subdued, / Who have not shaken off the collar of the slave, / The yoke that drags you down into your wretched grave, Peoples and nations! in grimmest captivity / Where men groan in chains of hidebound servility, / Where fetters are binding upon the general / And only thrown off for burial or funeral;

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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