Őszül

OHWAD-Basic words

 

Őszül

 

Meaning:

to get gray hair

 

Example sentences:

Sajnos már korán elkezdtem őszülni.

Regrettably already early away-started-I to-get-gray-hair.

Unfortunately I started to get gray hair early.

 

Apukám csak 60 éves korában őszült meg.

Father-my only 60 year-ish age-his-in became-grey [enhancement].

My father only got grey in his sixties.

 

Related terms:

fest – to color, to dye (hair)

haj – hair

idős – old (people)

kopasz – bald

kor – age

öreg – old (people & animals)

ősz – grey-haired; also: fall (season)

paróka – wig

régi – old (things)

szakáll – beard

szürke – grey (not used for hair)

 

 

Pronunciation of today’s word:

őszül – to get grey hair

 

 

Pronunciation of the Example Sentences:

Sajnos már korán elkezdtem őszülni.

Regrettably already early away-started-I to-get-gray-hair.

Unfortunately, I started to get gray hair early.

 

Apukám csak 60 éves korában őszült meg.

Father-my only 60 year-ish age-his-in became-grey [enhancement].

My father only got grey in his sixties.

 

 

Pronunciation of the Related Terms:

fest – to color, to dye (hair)

 

haj – hair

 

idős – old (people)

 

kopasz – bald

 

kor – age

 

öreg – old (people & animals)

 

ősz – grey-haired; also: fall (season)

 

paróka – wig

 

régi – old (things)

 

szakáll – beard

 

szürke – grey (not used for hair)

 

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