The Hungarian word for night is
éjszaka
Translations for night and their definitions
| éjszaka |  © | |
| 1. adv. at night | ||
| A jövő héten éjszaka dologozom. - Next week I'll work at night. | ||
| Ez az üzlet éjszaka is nyitva van. - This shop is open even at night. | ||
| 2. n. night (the period of darkness beginning at the end of evening and ending at the beginning of morning) | ||
| álmatlan éjszaka - sleepless night | ||
| éjjel | © | |
| 1. adv. at night | ||
| 2. n. night | ||
| éj | |
| 1. n. (poetic, except in compounds) night |
| este | © | |
| 1. adv. in the evening (from approximately 6 p.m. until going to bed; depends on working hours, daylight length, etc.) | ||
| 2. n. evening | ||
| 3. n. the fall (of someone or something) | ||
| 4. n. (poetic) the downfall (of someone or something) | ||
| alkonyat | |
| 1. n. dusk, twilight, nightfall (time of the day or by extension one's declining years) |
| sötétség | |
| 1. n. darkness (state of being dark) |
| alkony | |
| 1. n. (poetic, preferred in compounds) dusk, twilight, nightfall |
| sötét | |
| 1. adj. dark, sombre (UK), somber (US) | |
| Sötét lett, mire hazaértem. - By the time I got home, it was already dark. | |
| Sötét nadrághoz ne vegyünk fehér zoknit. - You shouldn't wear white socks with dark trousers. | |
| 2. adj. (colloquial) unintelligent, stupid, dumb | |
| Szépnek szép, de sötét, mint az éjszaka. - She may be beautiful, but she's dumb as rocks. (literally: dark as the night) | |
| 3. n. darkness, dark | |
| Eltartott egy ideig, amíg a szemem hozzászokott a sötéthez. - It took a while until my eyes grew accustomed to the dark. | |
| Egyelőre csak a sötétben tapogatózunk. - So far, we’re just groping around in the dark. |
| szürkület | |
| 1. n. twilight, dawn or dusk |
| napnyugta | |
| 1. n. sunset (time of day) |
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