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The Hungarian word for old is
régi





old

Translations for old and their definitions

régi ©
     1. adj. old (not new; compare öreg)
     2. n. (in the of people) the ancients, the old folk
     3. n. usual, same (a previous state or situation)
           Minden marad a régiben. - Everything stays the same.


régebbi
     1. adj. comparative of régi


előző
     1. Participle. participle of előz, , pres
     2. adj. previous, preceding


korábbi
     1. adj. former, previous, earlier, preceding, older, past, prior (occurring previously)
           A korábbi fejlesztő elhagyta a vállalatot. - The former developer left the company.
           Két gyermeke van a korábbi házasságából. - He/she has two children from a prior marriage.


fárasztó
     1. Participle. participle of fáraszt, , pres
     2. adj. tiring
     3. adj. tedious, boring


öreg
     1. adj. (chiefly of people) old (not young, having existed or lived for a long time; compare régi)
           Az öreg halász és a tenger - The Old Man and the Sea (a novella by Ernest Hemingway)
     2. adj. (dialectal, archaic) great, big, grand
           öreg hiba - big mistake
           öregujj - big toe
           öregszülő - grandparent
     3. adj. (regional, of food) dense
     4. adj. (folksy, of times of day) late
           öreg este - late evening
     5. n. old person
     6. n. (colloquial) the leader of a community
     7. n. (often with a possessive suffix) (colloquial) one’s parents
     8. n. (with a first-person possessive suffix) (colloquial) man, bro (form of address for a person of roughly equal age and status)


használt
     1. v. third-person singular indefinite past indicative of használ
           Mindig kevés sót használt főzés közben. - S/he always used only a little salt during cooking.
     2. Participle. participle of használ, , past
           a főzéshez használt edények - the pots used for cooking
     3. adj. used, secondhand, pre-owned, hand-me-down (not new; previously owned and used by another)


idős
     1. adj. old (not young), elderly
     2. adj. year(s) old (referring to years of age)
           Mennyi/Milyen idős most a fiad? - How old is your son now?
     3. adj. (in the comparative idősb or idősebb) senior, Sr. (a title used before a father's name when his son is given the same name, abbreviated as id.)
           id. Kovács János - János Kovács Sr.


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