Hungarian

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Etymology

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rá-vág

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈraːvaːɡ]
  • Hyphenation: rá‧vág
  • Rhymes: -aːɡ

Verb

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rávág

  1. (intransitive) to strike a blow at someone or something (-ra/-re), to whack (to deal a sharp blow)
    öklével rávág az asztalrato strike the table with one's fist
  2. (transitive, colloquial) to reply quickly and assertively, to give a rapid, determinded answer, a lightning retort

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • rávág 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