Ceruza

Ceruza

Meaning:

pencil

Pronunciation:

Example sentences:

Inkább ceruzával rajzolok, mint tollal.

I rather draw with a pencil than with a pen.

[Rather pencil-with draw-I, than pen-with.]

A ceruzának az az előnye, hogy ki lehet radírozni.

The advantage of a pencil is that you can erase it.

[The pencil-to that the advantage-of-it, that out possible erase.]

Related terms:

rajz / rajzol – drawing / to draw

toll – pen

író / ír – writer & author / to write

papír – paper

piszkozat – draft

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