Hungarian

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Etymology

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From the dialectal adjective gyakor (many, frequent) +‎ -ol.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈɟɒkorol]
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  • Hyphenation: gya‧ko‧rol
  • Rhymes: -ol

Verb

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gyakorol

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to practice, exercise, train
    Hyponyms: próbál (to rehearse), edz (to do physical exercise)
  2. (transitive) to follow, pursue (a trade, occupation, or profession)
    Synonyms: folytat, űz
  3. (transitive) to practice (religion)
    Synonym: követ
  4. In light-verb constructions, chiefly in journalistic style:
    1. (transitive) to exert (influence, effect, pressure, control, power, [self-]censorship)
      Synonyms: kifejt, alkalmaz
    2. (transitive, figuratively) to cast (a spell on someone)
    3. (transitive) to exercise (rights)
      Synonyms: érvényesít, él
    4. (transitive) to make (some impression)
      Synonym: tesz
    5. (transitive) to perform (self-criticism)
    6. (transitive) to practice (charity)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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(With verbal prefixes):

Further reading

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  • gyakorol in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
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