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The Hungarian word for to swallow is
nyel





to swallow

Translations for to swallow and their definitions

fecske
     1. n. swallow, id=bird (the bird)


nyel
     1. v. to swallow, gulp


lenyel
     1. v. to swallow, to gulp down
     2. v. to repress, hold back, suppress
           Lenyelte a könnyeit. - S/he held back the tears.



elhisz
     1. v. to believe (such as a claim or someone's intention)


szakadék
     1. n. precipice, abyss, chasm
     2. n. (figuratively) gap, gulf (a difference, especially a large difference, between groups)


korty
     1. n. gulp, sip (amount of a drink that is swallowed at once)
           (cot, falat)


falat
     1. n. (of food) mouthful, bite, bolus
           (cot, korty)
     2. n. accusative singular of fal
           Lefestettem a falat. - I painted the wall.



elfogad
     1. v. to accept (as something: -ul or -ként)



nyelés
     1. n. swallowing (the act of taking into the stomach through the throat; the act of bearing patiently without retaliation)
           A gyógyszer egyik mellékhatása a fájdalmas nyelés. - Painful swallowing is one of the side effects of the medication.
     2. n. (rare) gulp (a small amount that can be swallowed at once)


beletörődik
     1. v. to acquiesce in something, resign oneself to something, to accept something (to come to accept and stop resisting an unfavorable situation)
           Már beletörődtek a sorsukba. - They have already resigned to fate.
           Beletörődtünk az elkerülhetetlenbe. - We accepted the inevitable.
     2. v. to get used to something (to adapt to an unfavorable situation)


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