Esküvő
Esküvő
Meaning:
wedding
Pronunciation:
Example sentences:
Az esküvő minden kulturában más.
Weddings differ from culture to culture.
[The wedding every culture-in different.]
Magyar esküvőre nem lehet pirosban, feketében és fehérben menni.
You shouldn’t wear red, black or white on a Hungarian wedding.
[Hungarian wedding-to not possible red-in, black-in and white-in go.]
Related terms:
eskü – swear
esküszik – to swear
férj – husband
feleség – wife
menyasszony – bride
vőlegény – groom
násznép – the wedding crowd
házas – married (but also: with a house)
házasodik – to marry
eljegyzés – engagement
gyűrű – ring
nászút – honeymoon
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You forgot to add nászút to the related list.
Hi Marika,
you are right, “nászút” perfectly fits to the related words list (we just added it).
Thank you so much for your contribution and sorry for our late reply :))
I’m curious how you pronounce “eljegyzés.” Is the “lj” like “ly,” and sounds like “y”? And how do you combine “gy” with “z”? I haven’t come across a word with that combination before. Thanks.