zavarba hoz

Hungarian

Etymology

zavar (“embarrassment”) +‎ -ba (“in”, case suffix) + hoz (“to bring”), literally: "to bring into embarrassment".

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈzɒvɒrbɒhoz]

Verb

zavarba hoz

  1. (transitive, idiomatic) to embarrass someone (to disrupt somebody's composure or comfort)
    A kérdés zavarba hozott. ― The question embarrassed me.
    Remélem, nem hoztalak zavarba. ― I hope I didn't embarrass you.

Conjugation
  • The inflected noun zavarba remains unchanged.
  • For the verb, see hoz.
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