Bűntudat

Bűntudat

Meaning:

guilty conscience, bad conscience (bűn = sin; tud = to know, so bűntudat translates to ~knowing you’re guilty)

Example sentences:

Bűntudatom van, ha egész nap dolgozom és nem látom a lányomat.

Guilty-conscience-my exists, if whole day work-I and not see-I the daughter-my(acc.).

I have a guilty conscience if I work all day and don’t see my daughter.

Csak az embernek van bűntudata.

Only the human-for exists bad-conscience.

Only humans can have a bad conscience.

Related terms:

büntet – to punish

büntetés – punishment

bűn – sin

bűntett – felony, crime

érzés – feeling

lelkiismeret – conscience

lelkiismeret-furdalás – bad conscience (similar to bűntudat)

lélek – soul

nyugtalan – restless

tud – to know

Only the human-for exists bad-conscience.

Only humans can have a bad conscience.

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