Sarok

Sarok

Meaning:

corner, heel (of a shoe or boot)

Pronunciation:

Example sentences:

Egy szoba négy sarokból áll.

A room consists of four corners.

[A room four corner-out-of stands.]

A tegnapi buliban letört a cipőm sarka.

My heel broke at yesterday’s party.

[The yesterday-y party-in broke the shoe-my heel-of.]

Related terms:

magassarkú – high heels

cipő – shoe

cipőtalp – shoe sole

szoba – room

fal – wall

plafon – ceiling

padló – floor

pókháló – spiderweb

Not to be confused with:

szarok – I shit / I’m shitting

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