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Meaning of válik | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1 Frequent
[ˈvaːlik]

Definitions

  1. to become, to turn or turn into (something -vá/-vé or -ra/-re with valóra)
    intransitive
  2. to become, to make, to come to (out of someone -ból/-ből)
    intransitive
  3. to cause, boost, heighten, improve, enhance, or contribute to a certain state or quality of someone, to induce or bring about something, to serve as something for someone (-ra/-re)
    intransitive
  4. to separate, to part (from something -tól/-től)
    intransitive
  5. to divorce (to legally dissolve a marriage between two people) (from someone -tól/-től)
    intransitive

Equivalents

Examples

“Active-voice counterpart: tesz”
“a vér nem válik vízzé”

blood is thicker than water

“Remek orvos válik majd belőle.”

He'll make a great doctor.

“Ma bolyhos csönd a nyár, keringő vattazápor, / válik a nyár, fehér bohóc a cirkuszától”

This quiet summer day is a shower-waltz of wooldust, / the aspen’s parting – sad pierrot leaves his circus

“Válik a férjétől.”

She is divorcing her husband.

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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