Súly

Súly

Meaning:

weight (also in a figurative sense)

Pronunciation:

Example sentences:

Nincs nagy súlya a bőröndömnek.

My suitcase doesn’t weigh a lot [is light].

[Not-exists big weight-of-it the suitcase-my-to.]

Ennek a vizsgának súlya van.

This exam is really important.

[This-to the exam-to weight-of exists.]

Related terms:

súlyoz – to ponder

súlyzó – barbell & dumbbell

mér – to weigh (but also: to measure)

mérleg – weighing scale

gyúr – to work out (but also: to knead)

nehéz – heavy (but also: difficult)

könnyű – light (but also: easy)

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