Labda

Labda

Meaning:

ball

Pronunciation:

Example sentences:

 A foci a világ leghíresebb labdajátéka.

Soccer is the world’s most famous ball game.

[The soccer the world most-famous ball-game-of.]

A legtöbb csapatsporthoz tartozik egy labda.

Most team sports involve a ball.

[The most teamsport-to belongs a ball.]

Related terms:

labdázik – to play with a ball

labdajáték – ball game

kerek – round

gurul – to roll

pattog – to bounce (when a ball bounces)

laszti – colloq. for ball

gumilabda – rubber ball

focilabda – football (the ball itself)

kézilabda – handball (the sport + the ball)

teniszlabda – tennis ball

pingponglabda – table tennis ball

kosárlabda – basketball (the sport + the ball)

gól – goal (sports)

rúg – to kick

dob – to throw (but also: drum)

pattogtat – to dribble

vízilabda – water polo / water polo ball

tollaslabda – badminton & shuttlecock

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