Meaning of odavág | Babel Free

Definitions

1. to throw, fling, hurl, dash something with force to, at, against or towards someone or something (the object is in accusative case, the place or person may require lative suffixes, felé or other postpositions)
   transitive
2. to hurl a remark at someone (-nak/-nek), give someone a piece of one's mind (in an impulse of anger)
   transitive
3. to hit, strike (with something -val/-vel)
   intransitive
4. to match, fit something
5. to look, glance, to throw a look at someone (-nak/-nek, -ra/-re)
   intransitive

Examples

“odavágja a könyvet a sarokba”

to throw the book to the corner (of the room)

“odavágja a könyveket a földhöz”

to knock the books to the floor

“odavágja a poharat a falhoz”

to throw the glass at the wall

“odavág az öklével”

to strike with one's fist

“az érv éppen odavág”

the argument is relevant (it is to the point)

“Antal lejjebb nyomja a fejibe a sapkát, és a szeme sarkával odavág a komának. Ez annyit tesz, hogy „koma, ne hagyja kend magát”, és a koma valóban nem hagyja magát.”

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