Esik
Esik
Meaning:
to fall, to rain
Pronunciation:
Example sentences:
Ahogy esik, úgy puffan.
As it falls, so it plumps. (Hungarian saying, used when the outcome of an action doesn’t matter or when someone disregards the consequences of their actions.)
[How falls, so plumps.]
Már megint esik az eső.
It’s raining again.
[Already again falls the rain.]
Related terms:
kiesik – to shed, to be cancelled (lit.: to fall out)
megesik – to occur
elesik – to tumble, to fall down
rosszulesik – to feel hurt by something (lit.: something “falls bad” to you)
jólesik – to feel good, pleasant because of something (lit.: something “falls good” to you)
útbaesik – to be on the way (lit. “to fall in the way”)
eső – rain
hullik – to fall more slowly and gently (e.g. falling leaves – hulló levelek)
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