Öl

Öl

Meaning:

to kill

Pronunciation:

Example sentences:

Soha nem tudnék megölni egy állatot.

I could never kill an animal.

[Never not could-I kill an animal.]

Ölni tudnék most egy csokiért.

I could kill for a piece of chocolate now.

[Kill could-I now a chocolate-for.]

Related terms:

gyilkol – synonym for “öl”

kinyír – another synonym for öl (more colloq.)

irt – to exterminate

feltámaszt – to raise from the dead

fojt – to choke sb.

lő – to shoot

késel – to stab sb. to death

Not to be confused with:

ól – hutch / pen / pound

ölel – to hug

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