kóborol

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German koberen (to acquire; to gain strength)[1] + -ol (verb-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkoːborol]
  • Hyphenation: kó‧bo‧rol

Verb

kóborol

  1. (intransitive, sometimes derogatory) to roam, wander (to move or travel freely and with no specific destination)
    Synonyms: csatangol, csavarog, kószál, lófrál, barangol, bóklászik

Conjugation

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

References

  1. Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN
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