beavat

Hungarian

Etymology

be- +‎ avat

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈbɛɒvɒt]
  • Hyphenation: be‧avat
  • Rhymes: -ɒt

Verb

beavat

  1. (transitive) to inaugurate (to induct into office with a formal ceremony)
    Synonym: beiktat
  2. (transitive) to let in on (on something: -ba/-be) (to disclose information to someone; to tell somebody a secret or share privileged information)
    Beavattak a titokba. ― They let me in on the secret.
  3. (transitive, of clothing) to preshrink (to shrink in advance, before sale, in order to ensure better fit)

Conjugation
conjugation of beavat
1st person sg 2nd person sg
informal		 3rd person sg,
2nd p. sg formal		 1st person pl 2nd person pl
informal		 3rd person pl,
2nd p. pl formal
Indica­tive
mood		 Pre­sent Indef. beavatok beavatsz beavat beavatunk beavattok beavatnak
Def. beavatom beavatod beavatja beavatjuk beavatjátok beavatják
2nd-p. o. beavatlak ―
Past Indef. beavattam beavattál beavatott beavattunk beavattatok beavattak
Def. beavattam beavattad beavatta beavattuk beavattátok beavatták
2nd-p. o. beavattalak ―
Condi­tional
mood		 Pre­sent Indef. beavatnék beavatnál beavatna beavatnánk beavatnátok beavatnának
Def. beavatnám beavatnád beavatná beavatnánk
(or beavatnók)		 beavatnátok beavatnák
2nd-p. o. beavatnálak ―
Sub­junc­tive
mood		 Pre­sent Indef. beavassak beavass or
beavassál		 beavasson beavassunk beavassatok beavassanak
Def. beavassam beavasd or
beavassad		 beavassa beavassuk beavassátok beavassák
2nd-p. o. beavassalak ―
Infinitive beavatni beavatnom beavatnod beavatnia beavatnunk beavatnotok beavatniuk
Other nonfinite
verb forms		 Verbal noun Present participle Past participle Future part. Adverbial part. Potential
beavatás beavató beavatott beavatandó beavatva beavathat

Derived terms

Further reading
  • beavat in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • beavat in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2023)
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