Lépcső

Lépcső

Meaning:

stairs

Pronunciation:

Memory hook:

She LEAPed for JOY up the stairs.

Example sentences:

Lépcső nélkül felmenni a negyedik emeletre minden alkalommal fárasztó.

Getting up to the fourth floor without an elevator is tiring every time.

[Stairs without up-go the fourth floor-on every occasion-with tiring.]

Egyes régi Budapesti házaknak gyönyörű lépcsői vannak.

Some old houses in Budapest have beautiful stairs.

[Some old Budapest-ian houses-for beautiful stairs-theirs are.]

Related terms:

lép – to step

cső – tube —> “lépcső” literally translates to step-tube

lépcsőház – staircase

lift – elevator

csigalépcső – spiral staircase (“csiga” meaning “snail”, so literally a snail-step-tube)

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