Könyörög
Könyörög
Meaning:
to beg
Pronunciation:
Example sentences:
Könyörögtem, de nem tudtam meggyőzni.
Begged-I, but not could-I to-convince.
I begged but couldn’t convince him/her.
Senki nem szeret könyörögni, de néha muszáj.
Nobody not likes to-beg, but sometimes must.
Nobody likes to beg but sometimes it’s necessary.
Related terms:
adakozik – to donate
adomány – donation
kér – to ask for sth.
kérlel – to ask for sth. repeatedly
kéreget – to beg (usually for money)
koldul – to beg for money
koldus – beggar
könyörtelen – merciless
kuncsorog – a more negative, pejorative term for to beg
kunyervál – an even more negative and pejorative term for to beg
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In church, where they used to say, Oremus – they now say Könyörögjünk