Levegő

Levegő

Meaning:

air

Pronunciation:

Memory hook:

Please don’t LEAVE me up in the air. I want to know what’s GOing to happen to me.

Example sentences:

A volt pasim levegőnek néz.

I’m nothing but air for my ex boyfriend. (Hungarian saying. To “see someone as air” means to ignore him.)

[The was guy-my air-for looks.]

Kimegyek egy kicsit levegőzni.

I’m going out to breathe some fresh air.

[Out-go-I a little get-some-fresh-air.]

Related terms:

levegőzik – to get some fresh air

az elemek – the four elements

föld – earth

tűz – fire

víz – water

lélegzik – to breath

tüdő – lung

repül – to fly

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