Drog
Drog
Meaning:
drug (not medicine!)
Pronunciation:
Example sentences:
Magyarország viszonylag szigorú, ami a drogfogyasztást illeti, de Tájföldnek a nyomába se ér.
Hungary is relatively strict when it comes to the use of drugs, but it’s nowhere near Thailand.
[Hungary relatively strict, what the drug-consumption regards, but Thailand-for the trace-of-in not-even reaches.]
Mi számít drognak, és mi nem? Szerinted a fű már annak számít? És az alkohol?
What counts as being a drug and what doesn’t? Does weed already fall into that category? How about alcohol?
[What counts drug-for, and what not? In-your-opinion the weed already that-for counts? And the alcohol?]
Related terms:
kábítószer – the official term for “drog”; literally: dazing-medium
drogos – a drug-addict (literally: “druggy”)
drogfüggő-drogfüggőség / kábítószer-kábítószerfüggőség – the official terms for drug-addict and drug-addiction, respectively
függő – addict (origin: függ – to depend)
fű – weed (also: grass)
marihuána: marijuana
kokain – cocain
eki – colloq. for ecstasy
drogkereskedelem – drug dealing (“kereskedelem” = commerce)
kábítószercsempészet – drug smuggling
csempészet / csempész / csempészik – smuggling (n.) / smuggler (n.) / to smuggle
túladagolás – overdose
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