Ég

OHWAD-Basic words

 

Ég

 

Meaning:

sky

to burn

to look foolish, to be embarrassed – this comes from “burn”, too, as your face is burning hot and red if you’re embarrassed 😉

 

Pronunciation:

 

Memory hook:

The sun looks like a burned fried EGG in the sky.

 

Example sentences:

Élni vagy égni.

To live or to burn. – Title of a famous “Tankcsapda” (Hungarian rock band) album from 2003.

[Live or burn.]

Find out more about the famous Hungarian rock band “Tankcsapda” in our Hungarian Band/Music guide article.

 

 

Nem készültem fel a prezentációra és hatalmasat égtem.

I didn’t prepare for the presentation and it was a huge embarrassment.

[Not prepared-I up the presentation-on and huge(acc.) embarrassed-was-I / burned-I.]

 

Related terms:

fagy – to freeze, frost

föld – earth, soil, ground

ciki – awkward, embarrassing

 

 

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