burkol

Hungarian

Etymology

burok (shell) + -ol (verb-forming suffix)[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈburkol]
  • Hyphenation: bur‧kol

Verb

burkol

  1. (transitive) to wrap, envelop (to enclose someone or something completely in any flexible, thin material such as fabric or paper)
    Synonyms: borít, bugyolál, csomagol, fed, göngyöl, takar
  2. (transitive) to pave, surface (a road), tile, cover (to cover something with solid covering)
    Synonyms: csempéz, kövez
  3. (transitive, figuratively, literary) to wrap (to conceal real feelings, thoughts by enveloping them in a false representation)
    Synonyms: álcáz, kendőz, leplez
  4. (transitive, slang) to eat
    Synonyms: fal, zabál, kajál

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • burkolás
  • burkolat
  • burkolatlan
  • burkolgat
  • burkolható
  • burkoló
  • burkolódzik or burkolózik
  • burkolt
  • burkoltat
Compound words
  • hidegburkolás
  • hidegburkoló
  • melegburkolás
  • melegburkoló

(With verbal prefixes):

  • átburkol
  • beburkol
  • beleburkol
  • körülburkol

References

  1. Eőry, Vilma. Értelmező szótár+ (’Explanatory Dictionary Plus’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2007. →ISBN
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