Nevet

Nevet

Meaning:

to laugh

Pronunciation:

Memory hook:

NEVEr sTopp laughing.

Example sentences:

A nevetés a legjobb orvosság.

Laughter is the best medicine.

[The laughter the best medicine.]

A legnagyobb nevetéseim a barátaimmal vannak.

I have the biggest laughs when I’m with my friends.
[The biggest laughs-mine the friends-mine-with are.]

Related terms:

kacag – to yell with laughter

röhög – to guffaw

kuncog – to chuckle

vihog – to laugh with a somewhat screaming, high-pitched voice

kacarászik – to laugh rather silently, but for a long time

nevetgél – to laugh more than once during a certain period of time (e.g. along the course of a whole morning or afternoon)

somolyog – to smile in a n inscrutable, cunning way

mosolyog – to smile

megmosolyog – to deride

hahotázik – to laugh with a roar

vigyorog – to grin

kinevet / kiröhög – to laugh at sb.

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