vitézkedik

Hungarian

Etymology

vitéz (valiant) + -kedik (verb-forming suffix)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈviteːskɛdik]
  • Hyphenation: vi‧téz‧ke‧dik
  • Rhymes: -ɛdik

Verb

vitézkedik

  1. (intransitive, archaic) to serve as a soldier
    Synonym: katonáskodik
  2. (intransitive, archaic) to fight valiantly, to display valour
    Synonyms: harcol, küzd, bátran viselkedik
  3. (intransitive, figuratively, colloquial, often sarcastic) to brag (to try to play a hero)
    Synonyms: hősködik, hetvenkedik
  4. (intransitive, figuratively, colloquial, humorous) to perform, do
    Synonyms: helytáll, szerepel
    Nem nagyon vitézkedett a vizsgán.S/he didn't do very well on the exam.

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • vitézkedés

Further reading

  • vitézkedik 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
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