Énekel
Énekel
Meaning:
to sing
Pronunciation:
Example sentences:
Szólj rám, ha hangosan énekelek. – A famous song from Hungarian band “LGT” that you can listen to right below.
Let me know if I sing too loudly.
[Tell-you! on-me, if loudly sing-I.]
Nem érdekel, hogy hogy énekelsz.
I don’t care how you sing.
[Not interest-me, that how sing-ypu]
Related terms:
énekes – singer
sztár – superstar
“Megasztár” – the name of the Hungarian equivalent to America’s got talent (with singers only) or the German “Deutschland sucht den Superstar”.
dal / ének – song (used rather with traditional stuff, like folk songs than with current pop culture)
szám – song (but also: number). This is the word to use for a song of Amy Winehouse or even Justin Bieber.
kotta – musical score
kívülről – by heart (but also: “from the outside”)
előad / előadás – to perform / performance
mikrofon – microphone
Not to be confused with:
érdekel – to interest
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