kapóra jön

Hungarian

Etymology

From kapóra +‎ jön (“to come”), from kapó +‎ -ra (“onto”, sublative case suffix), from kap (“to catch, grab”) +‎ -ó (present-participle suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkɒpoːrɒjøn]

Verb

kapóra jön

  1. (idiomatic) to come in handy, to be convenient, to be a godsend (to prove to be useful or helpful)
    Synonyms: jól jön, hasznára válik, (adjectives) hasznos, (jól) használható
  2. (idiomatic, of a person) to come just in time

Conjugation

  • For the verb, see jön.
  • The inflected present participle kapóra remains unchanged.

References

  1. ^ kap in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.

Further reading

  • kapó 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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