veri a mellét

Hungarian

Etymology

ver (“to beat”) +‎ -i (personal suffix) + a (“the”) + mell (“breast, chest”) +‎ -e (possessive suffix) +‎ -t (accusative suffix), literally “to beat one's chest”

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈvɛri ɒ ˈmɛlːeːt]

Verb

veri a mellét

(idiomatic) to brag
Synonym: henceg

Conjugation

For the verb, see the definite forms of ver.
The noun mell takes the appropriate possessive suffix according to the subject of the sentence plus the accusative suffix: mellemet, melledet, mellét, mellünket, melleteket, mellüket.

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