felé

Lexicalization of the noun fél (“half”).[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɛleː]

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• Hyphenation: fe‧lé

felé

1. to, towards, in the direction of

   Synonym: fele (folksy)

   Antonym: felől

   Budapest felé megyünk. ― We go in the direction of Budapest.

   Kelet felé utazunk. ― We travel east / in the eastern direction.

2. nearby, around

   Synonyms: fele (folksy), tájékán, környékén

   Az állomás felé laknak. ― They live around the station.

3. near, towards (a short but undetermined time before an event or time in question)

   Synonyms: tájt, tájban, körül

   Hajnal felé végre elaludt. ― Toward dawn he finally fell asleep.

4. into, -way (dividing/cutting something into a defined number of portions)

   Négyfelé tépte a levelet. ― He tore the letter into four pieces.

   Kétfelé vágtam a kenyeret. ― I cut the bread in two.

5. (dialectal, rare) to above (variant of fölé)

felé (not comparable)

1. towards someone or something

   Felém fordult. ― He turned towards me.

2. (plural only) here, over here (in the area, city, country where the person comes from or lives)

   Hallottam, hogy nagy vihar volt felétek. ― I've heard you had a big storm. (where you live)

   Mifelénk most nagyon hideg van. ― Over here is very cold right now.

• Appendix:Hungarian postpositions