Tükör

Tükör

Meaning:

mirror

Pronunciation:

Example sentences:

Legalább én még tükörbe tudok nézni.

At least I can still look into the mirror. (I.e. At least I’m not ashamed of myself – Title of an iconic song by Hungarian punk band Alvin és a Mókusok; you can listen to it right here.)

[At-least I still mirror-in can-I look.]

A szem a lélek tükre.

The eyes are the mirror of the soul.

[The eye the soul mirror-of.]

Related terms:

tükörtojás – fried egg (literally: mirror-egg)

tükröz – to reflect, to mirror (actively – the mirror mirrors you)

tükröződik – to reflect, to mirror (passively – you get mirrored by the mirror)

üveg – glass

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