Türelem

Türelem

Meaning:

patience

Pronunciation:

Example sentences:

Alapból türelmes ember vagyok, kivéve ha nagyon fáradt vagyok.

In general I’m a patient person, except if I’m really tired.

[Basis-out-of patient person am-I, except if very tired am-I.]

Türelem rózsát terem.

Patience yields roses. (Hungarian saying)

[Patience rose(acc.) yields.]

Related terms:

nem szívbajos – “not a person for a heart attack” (Hungarian label for someone who is hard to upset; literally: not heart-problem-ish)

nyugodt – relaxed

türelmes – patient

türelmetlen – impatient

tűr – to tolerate, to endure, to acquiesce

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