Ígér
Ígér
Meaning:
to promise
Pronunciation:
Memory hook:
I am not EAGER to give this promise.
Example sentences:
Nem ígérem, hogy holnap este is el tudok jönni.
I won’t promise that I’ll be there tomorrow night as well.
[Not promise-I that tomorrow night too there can-I come.]
Az ígéret szép szó, ha betartják úgy jó.
“Promise” is a nice word that’s best when kept. (Hungarian saying)
[The promise nice word, if in-keep-they that-way good.]
Related terms:
ígéret – promise (n.)
megígér – to make a promise (more “final” than just ígér)
ígérget – to keep making promises without actually keeping them
esküszik – to swear
hazugság / hazudik – lie / to lie (i.e. to tell the untruth)
hazug – liar, false (i.e. dishonest)
megbízható / megbízhatatlan – reliable / unreliable
Not to be confused with:
egér – mouse
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