Tető

OHWAD-Basic words

 

Tető

 

Meaning:

roof, top (of a mountain)

 

Pronunciation:

 

Memory hook:

THAT Old roof needs repair.

 

Example sentences:

Beázott a tető a sok esőtől.

The roof was leaking due to the heavy amount of rain.

[In-soaked the roof the much rain-from.]

 

Szeretek mászni, de nem az a legfontosabb, hogy felérjek a hegytetőre.

I like climbing, but the most important part is not reaching the mountaintop.
[Like-I climbing, but not that the most-important, that up-reach-I the mountaintop.]

 

Related terms:

padló – floor

fal – wall

plafon – ceiling

 

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2 replies
  1. Kristin says:

    Thanks for the lesson! In English you would call “plafon – the “top wall” of a room (where the lamp dangles down from)” a ceiling 🙂

    Reply
    • catchbudapest says:

      Hi Kristin,
      haha, thanks for helping us out! 😀
      That was exactly the word we were unsuccessfully looking for 🙂
      (we changed it in the post).
      Glad you’re enjoying our words!

      Reply

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