húz-halaszt

Hungarian

Etymology

Verb-verb compound, húz (“to pull, draw”) +‎ halaszt (“to delay”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈhuːshɒlɒst]
  • Hyphenation: húz-‧ha‧laszt
  • Rhymes: -ɒst

Verb

húz-halaszt

  1. (transitive) to procrastinate (to continually delay something)
    Csak húzták-halasztották a döntést. ― They kept putting off the decision.

Conjugation

  • Both verbs are conjugated independently, always connected with a hyphen.

Further reading

  • húz-halaszt in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
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