kertel
See also: kértél
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkɛrtɛl]
- Hyphenation: ker‧tel
Verb
kertel
- (intransitive) to hedge (to evade the truth deliberately when answering questions)
- Ne kertelj, mondd meg az igazat! ― Don't hedge, tell the truth!
- (archaic) to fence (to build a fence around the garden) as in this nursery rhyme :
- Én kis kertet kerteltem, bazsarózsát ültettem.
- Szél, szél fújdogálja, eső, eső veregeti, hú!
- I fenced a little garden, I planted a peony,
- Wind, wind keeps blowing it gently, rain, rain keeps falling on it gently, huh!
Conjugation
conjugation of kertel
Infinitive | kertelni | |||||||
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Past participle | kertelt | |||||||
Present participle | kertelő | |||||||
Future participle | - | |||||||
Adverbial participle | kertelve | |||||||
Potential | kertelhet | |||||||
1st person sg | 2nd person sg informal | 3rd person sg, 2nd person sg formal |
1st person pl | 2nd person pl informal | 3rd person pl, 2nd person pl formal | |||
Indicative mood | Present | Indefinite | kertelek | kertelsz | kertel | kertelünk | kerteltek | kertelnek |
Definite | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | |||||||
Past | Indefinite | kerteltem | kerteltél | kertelt | kerteltünk | kerteltetek | kerteltek | |
Definite | - | |||||||
Conditional mood | Present | Indefinite | kertelnék | kertelnél | kertelne | kertelnénk | kertelnétek | kertelnének |
Definite | - | |||||||
Subjunctive mood | Present | Indefinite | kerteljek | kertelj or kerteljél |
kerteljen | kerteljünk | kerteljetek | kerteljenek |
Definite | - | |||||||
Conjugated infinitive | kertelnem | kertelned | kertelnie | kertelnünk | kertelnetek | kertelniük |
Synonyms
- csűr-csavar
- hebeg-habog
- hímez-hámoz
- kerülgeti, mint macska a forró kását
- kibúvókat keres
- kitér a válaszadás elől
- köntörfalaz
- mellébeszél
- ötöl-hatol
References
- Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN
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