Tök
Meaning:
pumpkin
totally- (as in totally good, totally bad, totally awesome, totally awful, etc.)
balls (testicles)
Pronunciation:
Memory hook:
I got a pumpkin TOKen.
Example sentences:
Tök szép este kivilágítva a Lánchíd. – The Chain Bridge is totally beautiful when illuminated in the evening.
[Pumpkin beautiful evening illuminatedly the Chain Bridge.]
Ha tényleg otthon hagytam a pénztárcám, tökön szúrom magam. – If I really forgot my wallet at home, I’m gonna sting myself in the balls.
[If actually at-home left-I the wallet-mine, ball-on sting-I myself.]
Related terms:
Tököl – to be slow and not get anything going because of focussing too much on unnecessary stuff
Tok – little case (e.g. for jewelry)
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Example sentences:
Tök szép este kivilágítva a Lánchíd. – The Chain Bridge is totally beautiful when illuminated in the evening.
[Pumpkin beautiful evening illuminatedly the Chain Bridge.]
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Shouldn’t the translation in brackets say “Totally beautiful evening…” ?