felé
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈfɛleː]
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: fe‧lé
Postposition
felé
- to, towards, in the direction of
- nearby, around
- near, towards (a short but undetermined time before an event or time in question)
- Synonyms: tájt, tájban, körül
- Hajnal felé végre elaludt. ― Toward dawn he finally fell asleep.
- into, -way (dividing/cutting something into a defined number of portions)
- Négyfelé tépte a levelet. ― He tore the letter into four pieces.
- Kétfelé vágtam a kenyeret. ― I cut the bread in two.
- (dialectal, rare) to above (variant of fölé)
Derived terms
Adverb
felé (not comparable)
- towards someone or something
- Felém fordult. ― He turned towards me.
- (plural only) here, over here (in the area, city, country where the person comes from or lives)
- Hallottam, hogy nagy vihar volt felétek. ― I've heard you had a big storm. (where you live)
- Mifelénk most nagyon hideg van. ― Over here is very cold right now.
Declension
See also
- Appendix:Hungarian postpositions
References
- Eőry, Vilma. Értelmező szótár+ (’Explanatory Dictionary Plus’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2007. →ISBN
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