Bab
Bab
Meaning:
bean
Pronunciation:
Memory hook:
BOB loves beans.
Example sentences:
A kedvenc kajám a bográcsban főtt babgulyás.
My favourite food is bean-goulash cooked in a kettle.
[The favourite food-mine the kettle-in cooked beangoulash.]
Emlékszem, ahogy a nagymamám régen órákon át hámozta a babot.
I remember how my grandma used to peel beans for hours.
[Remember-I, how the grandma-my in-the-past hours-on across peeled the bean(acc.).]
Related terms:
hámoz – to peel
vörösbab – kidney bean (literally “dark red bean”)
fekete bab – black bean
bableves – bean soup
babgulyás – bean goulash
bogrács – kettle
borsó – pea
csicseriborsó – chick pea
lencse – lentil
Not to be confused with:
pap – priest
baba – baby
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