The Hungarian word for old is
régi
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. |
| 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) |
| fárasztó | |
| 1. Participle. participle of fáraszt, , pres | |
| 2. adj. tiring | |
| 3. adj. tedious, boring |
| 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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