Hungarian

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Etymology

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ki- (out)tesz (to put)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈkitɛs]
  • Hyphenation: ki‧tesz
  • Rhymes: -ɛs

Verb

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kitesz

  1. (transitive) to put out (to place something or someone to a visible, external location) out of somewhere: -ból/-ből, to somewhere: lative suffixes
    Synonyms: kirak, kipakol, kihelyez
    Kitettem a könyvet a táskámból az asztalra.I put the book out from my bag on the table.
  2. (transitive) to display, show (to place something on display, e.g. in the shop window)
    Synonyms: kifüggeszt, kiállít
  3. (transitive) to put out, dismiss, fire, sack (to remove from office)
    Synonyms: elbocsát, meneszt, kidob
  4. (transitive) to account for, number, total, amount to, add up to, make up (to constitute in amount or portion)
  5. (transitive) to subject, expose someone (to something -nak/-nek) (to cause to undergo)
    Synonyms: veszélyeztet, kiszolgáltat
  6. (transitive) to punctuate (to add punctuation marks to a text)
    Synonyms: kiír, feltesz, feltüntet
    kiteszi az írásjeleketto punctuate a text
  7. (intransitive, construed as kitesz magáért) to do one’s utmost, give one’s all (to make the utmost effort; to contribute using all of one’s abilities and resources)
    Synonym: helytáll

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Further reading

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  • kitesz in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN