Festék

Festék

Meaning:

paint (n.)

Pronunciation:

Example sentences:

Festés közben festékes lett a ruhám.

My clothes became stained during the painting.

[Painting whilst painty became the cloth-my.]

Az akvarellt vízfestéknek is lehet nevezni.

Aquarell is another word for watercolour.

[The aquarell(acc.) watercolour-for as-well possible call.]

Related terms:

fafesték – wood colour

falfesték – wall paint

festmény – painting

szín – colour

színes – colourful

színpaletta – colour palette

tempera – tempera paint

vízfesték – watercolour

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