Szakáll

Szakáll

Meaning:

beard

Pronunciation:

Example sentences:

Egy hosszú szakáll is lehet szép, ha gondozott.

A long beard can look really nice if it’s well-kept.

[A long beard too can-be nice, if well-kept.]

Ez a vicc már szakállas.

This joke already has a beard. (I.e. This is a very old joke. – Hungarian idiom)

[This the joke already beardy.]

Related terms:

bajusz – mustache

szőr – fur, body hair

haj – hair

pajesz – sideburns

borbély – barber

fodrász – hair dresser

borotva / borotvál – razor / to shave

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