Szemét
Szemét
Meaning:
garbage, waste (n.), also used for bin
also: adj. used for someone who is mean, nasty, malicious (slang)
Pronunciation:
Example sentences:
Szombat és vasárnap reggel néha nagyon sok szemét van Budapest utcáin.
Saturday and Sunday morning sometimes very much garbage(acc.) exists Budapest streets-its-on.
On Saturday and Sunday mornings sometimes there is a lot of garbage on Budapest’s streets.
Anna annyira szemét; állandóan kihasználja az embereket.
Anna so-much malicious; constantly takes-advantage-of the people(acc.).
Anna is so malicious; she constantly takes advantage of people.
Related terms:
garbage
hulladék – another (more official) word for garbage
kosz, mocsok – dirt
kidob – to throw out (into the bin)
kuka – bin
műanyag – plastic
pazarol – to waste
szelektív hulladékgyűjtés – waste separation
szemetel – to throw garbage somewhere where it doesn’t belong (the street, etc.)
szemetes – another word for bin
nasty
bánt valakit – to hurt someone
gonosz – evil
rosszindulatú – adj. for someone with bad intentions
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