Csendes

Csendes

Meaning:

quiet, silent

Pronunciation:

Example sentences:

Szeretem a csendes kávézókat, ahol lehet nyugodtan olvasni.

I like silent coffee places where I can read calmly.

[Like-I the silent coffee-places(acc.), where possible calmly read.]

Néha jól esik egy kis csend.

A little silence can do really good sometimes.

[Sometimes good(adv.) falls a little silence.]

Related terms:

csend / csönd – silence

Csendes-óceán – Pacific Ocean

halk – another word for silent, but rather used for noise-level, than to describe the atmosphere

hang – voice

hangos – loud

nyugodt – calm

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