Költ

OHWAD-Basic words

 

Költ

 

Meaning:

to spend money

(other meanings: to write poetry, to brood (e.g. chicken, but not in a figurative sense))

 

Example sentences:

Túl sokat költök; nem tudok a pénzzel bánni.

Too much(acc.) spend-I; not can-I the money-with handle.

I spend too much; I can’t manage my finances.

 

Ne költs arra, amire nincs szükséged!

Not spend-you that-onto, which-onto not-exists necessity-yours!

Don’t spend money on what you don’t need.

 

Related terms:

adakozik – to donate

adósság – debt

alkudik – to bargain, to haggle

bankszámla – bank account

bőkezű – generous

fukar – stingy

költő – poet

készpénz – cash

pénz – money

spórol – to save money

 

 

Pronunciation of today’s word:

költ – to spend money; (other meanings: to write poetry, to brood (e.g. chicken, but not in a figurative sense))

 

 

Pronunciation of the Example Sentences:

Túl sokat költök; nem tudok a pénzzel bánni.

Too much(acc.) spend-I; not can-I the money-with handle.

I spend too much; I can’t manage my finances.

 

Ne költs arra, amire nincs szükséged!

Not spend-you that-onto, which-onto not-exists necessity-yours!

Don’t spend money on what you don’t need.

 

Pronunciation of the Related Terms:

adakozik – to donate

 

adósság – debt

 

alkudik – to bargain, to haggle

 

bankszámla – bank account

 

bőkezű – generous

 

fukar – stingy

 

költő – poet

 

készpénz – cash

 

pénz – money

 

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