Megsért
Megsért
Meaning:
to insult, to offend, to hurt
Pronunciation:
Example sentences:
Ne vedd sértésnek, de szerintem nem áll jól neked ez a ruha.
No offense, but this dress doesn’t sit well on you.
[Not take-you offense-for, but in-my-opinion not stands good(adv.) for-you this the dress.]
Remélem, hogy nem sértettem meg senkit.
I hope I didn’t hurt anyone.
[Hope-I, that not hurt-I no-one(acc).]
Related terms:
sértődik – to feel insulted / hurt / offended
sértés – offense
sért – to insult / hurt / offend, but more generally, more permanently. (“Megsért” is rather a one-off incident of hurting someone). – Read more about the prefix “meg” here.
sértő – offensive, insulting
Not to be confused with:
kísért – to haunt (i.e. to spook)
kísértet – ghost
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