Fúj

Fúj

Meaning:

to blow

Pronunciation:

Example sentences:

Fúj a szél a kabátomon keresztül.

Blows the wind the jacket-my across.

The wind is blowing through my jacket.

Sikerült elfújnom az összes gyertyát a tortán.

Succeeded out-to-blow-I the all candle(acc.) the cake-on.

I managed to blow out all candles on the cake.

Related terms:

elfúj – to blow out

felfúj – to exaggerate (mostly when telling a story) – to make sth. more bigger or interesting than it actually is

gyertya – candle

kifúj – to come to an end, to become empty, to be over

megfúj – to steal (colloq.)

szél – wind

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