[ˈɛlvɛr]
- transitiveto thrash, whack, trounce, to defeat utterly
“A hazai csapat elverte a vendégeket.” — The home team thrashed the visitors.
- transitiveto thrash, beat up, to beat mercilessly
“De János mester sem volt rest, hanem előkapott egy fokosbaltát a szegletből, s miután a vadászkést kiütötte ellene kezéből, nekiesett a fokossal, s úgy elverte, úgy elpáholta azt, mint a kétfenekű dob” — But Master John was not idle either, but took an axe from the corner, and having knocked the hunting-knife out of his enemy’s hand, he struck at him with the axe, and beat him and whipped him like a d
- transitiveto squander, waste, throw away (money, wealth)
“Minden pénzét elverte.” — He/she squandered all his/her money.
- transitiveto drive off violently
- archaic, transitiveto play (to produce music using a musical instrument)
- dated, transitiveto pass (time) while being bored, to kill time
“A veszprémi hegyeket megkerülve érkeztek Zalaegerszegre, s ott értesültek róla, hogy az ifjú Brunszvik Nagykanizsán táborozik. Ott rá is találtak; az inszurgens a városban vett ki szállást, és kártyáz”
- to strike, announce (an hour of the day)
“Elverte a tizenkettőt.” — The clock struck twelve.
- transitiveto appease, allay, quench, still, stop, end (dream, thirst, hunger etc.)
“Vadmadár-tojással éh-szomját elvervén, / Szörnyen hányta a hab a jövőnek tervén: / Merre menjen? mihez fogjon? uramfia! / Nincsen hő lelkének hová fordulnia.
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- transitiveto destroy
“A szőlőket tavaly / Elverte tán a jég? / Vagy a dér csipte meg / S bor nem termett elég?” — Did the vines get hit by ice last year, perhaps? Or was it white frost and not enough wine produced?
“Hanem egyet nem tudtak az orvosok, ennek elfeledtek utánajárni: – azt, hogy a nyár végén az egész Balaton környékét elverte a jég.” — But they had forgotten that toward the end of the summer hail-storms had laid waste the whole district;
“1962, Ferenc Móra, “Szeptemberi emlék” (“A Memory from September”), in Tápéi furfangosok, volume 1” — On the afternoon of St Stephen’s Day, the vineyard was hit by ice. Or rather, it wasn’t only hit: the vine stocks were actually cracked into pieces. The next morning one could still pick the ice by th
- transitiveto disperse, drive away
“1872, Mór Jókai, Az arany ember (Timar’s Two Worlds), part 1, chapter 14, translated by Mrs. Hegan Kennard” — One evening the wind dispersed the clouds, and when Timar looked out of his cabin window he saw on the western horizon the crescent moon [in the original: "new moon"].
“1889, Mór Jókai, Utazás egy sírdomb körül (“A Journey Around a Burial Mound”), chapter 13” — By morning, however, the wind did not die down or change, but became even stronger, and appeared quite easterly. But the good thing was that it beat all the rain clouds out of the sky and behind the m
“A nap elverte a ködöt.” — The sun dispersed the fog.
- transitiveto propel, blow away
“A szél elverte a csónakot.” — The wind blew the boat away.
- dialectal, transitiveto thresh (to separate the grain from the straw or husks)
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