Beteg

Beteg

Meaning:

sick

Pronunciation:

Example sentences:

Betegen nincs értelme dolgozni menni.

There’s no sense in going to work sick.

[Sickly doesn’t-exist sense-of work go.]

Nyáron szinte soha nem szoktam lebetegedni.

I almost never get sick during summertime.

[Summer-on almost never usually-I down-sick-get.]

Related terms:

betegség – sickness

nátha, megfázás – cold (n.)

megfázik – to catch a cold

láz – temperature (med.)

rák – cancer

járvány – epidemic

kórház – hospital

fertőző – contagious

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