Túlélő

Túlélő

Meaning:

survivor (literally: out-liver)

Pronunciation:

Example sentences:

Nem volt túlélője az autóbalesetnek.

The car accident left no survivors.

[Not was survivor-of the car-crash-for.]

Egy igazi túlélő vagy!

You’re a real survivor!

[A real survivor are-you!]

Related terms:

átél – to undergo, to experience

baleset – accident

elesett – fallen (adv.)

eltűnt – lost (adv. & v.)

halott – dead (n. & adv.)

katastztrófavédelem – disaster management

mentő – ambulance

robbanás – explosion

természeti katasztrófa – natural disaster

terrorcselekmény – act of terror

túlél – to survive

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