fogva tart

Hungarian

Etymology

fog (“to catch, capture”) +‎ -va (adverbial-participle suffix) +‎ tart (“to hold”), literally “to hold captured”

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfoɡvɒtɒrt]

Verb

fogva tart

  1. (transitive) to detain, to hold prisoner (to keep someone captive)
    Synonym: őrizetben tart

Conjugation

  • For the verb, see tart.
  • The adverbial participle fogva remains unchanged.

Derived terms

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