hátat fordít

Hungarian

Etymology

hát (back) +‎ -at (accusative suffix) + fordít (to turn)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈhaːtɒtfordiːt]

Verb

hátat fordít

  1. to turn one's back, to turn away (on someone or something -nak/-nek) (to rotate the body so as not to face someone or something)
    Gábor hátat fordított az ablaknak.Gábor turned his back on the window.
  2. (idiomatic) to turn one's back (to forsake, to abandon; to ignore)

Conjugation

  • For the verb, see fordít.
  • The inflected noun hátat remains unchanged.