Béna
Béna
Meaning:
clumsy, inept, crippled
Example sentences:
Néha béna vagyok és mindent leejtek meg kiöntök.
Sometimes clumsy-am-I and everything(acc.) drop-I and spill-I.
Sometimes I’m clumsy and drop and spill everything.
Nagyapámnak a második világháború óta béna az egyik lába.
Grandpa-my-for the second world-war since crippled the one-of leg-his.
One of my grandpa’s leg is crippled since WWII.
Related terms:
bénázik – to act clumsily
bénult – crippled, paralyzed
csonk – stump
életrevaló – vivid, brisk
kétbalkezes – inept, clumsy (literally: with two left hands)
rafkós – nifty (colloq.)
szerencsétlen – clumsy, inept (literally: without luck)
ügyes – dexter, skillful
ügyetlen – clumsy
Pronunciation of today’s word:
Pronunciation of the example sentences:
Sometimes clumsy-am-I and everything(acc.) drop-I and spill-I.
Sometimes I’m clumsy and drop and spill everything.
Grandpa-my-for the second world-war since crippled the one-of leg-his.
One of my grandpa’s leg is crippled since WWII.
Pronunciation of the related terms:
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