halálra neveti magát

Hungarian

Etymology

halál (“death”) +‎ -ra (“onto”, case suffix) +‎ nevet (“to laugh”) +‎ -i (personal suffix) +‎ magát (“oneself”, accusative), literally “to laugh oneself to death”

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈhɒlaːrːɒ ˈnɛvɛti ˈmɒɡaːt]

Verb

halálra neveti magát

(idiomatic) to laugh one's head off (to laugh uproariously)
Vicceket meséltünk és halálra nevettük magunkat. ― We told jokes and laughed our head off.

Conjugation

For the verb, see nevet.
The inflected noun halálra remains unchanged.
The pronoun changes according to the subject of the sentence: magam or magamat, magad or magadat, magát, magunkat, magatokat, magukat.

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