Koszos

Koszos

Meaning:

dirty

Pronunciation:

Memory hook:

‘CAUSE you are dirty, you cannot join US.

Example sentences:

Elestem útközben, úgyhogy koszosan mentem dolgozni.

I fell on my way, so I went to work dirty.

[Fell-I on-the-way, so dirty went-I work.]

Olyan koszos a lakásom, hogy enni lehet a földről… Mert találsz valamit!

My flat is so dirty that you can eat from the floor… Because you’ll find something!

[So dirty the flat-my, that eat can the floor-off… Because find-you something!]

Related terms:

piszkos – synonym for koszos

kosz & piszok – dirt

retkes & retek – dirty & dirt (colloquial!)

mocskos – another synonym for dirt; can also be used in a “sexual” context (mocsok – n.)

tiszta – clean

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