töri a fejét

Hungarian

Etymology

tör (“to break”) +‎ -i (personal suffix) + a (“the”) + fej (“head”) +‎ -e (possessive suffix) +‎ -t (accusative suffix), literally: "to break one's head"

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈtøri ɒˈfɛjeːt]

Verb

töri a fejét

(idiomatic) to rack one's brain
Synonyms: tanakodik, gondolkodik

Derived terms

rosszban töri a fejét

Conjugation

For the verb, see tör.
The inflected noun takes the appropriate possessive suffix according to the subject of the sentence: fejemet, fejedet, fejét, fejünket, fejeteket, fejüket.

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