borsos

See also: Borsos

Hungarian

Etymology

bors +‎ -os

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈborʃoʃ]

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• Hyphenation: bor‧sos
• Rhymes: -oʃ

Adjective

borsos (comparative borsosabb, superlative legborsosabb)

1. peppery (prepared with pepper, having the taste of pepper)

   borsos tokány ― pepper tokány (traditional Hungarian dish)

2. exorbitant (price)

   borsos ára van ― cost a pretty penny, cost an arm and a leg

3. salty, spicy, racy, risqué, blue (coarse)

   borsos történet ― spicy story

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	borsos	borsosak
accusative	borsosat	borsosakat
dative	borsosnak	borsosaknak
instrumental	borsossal	borsosakkal
causal-final	borsosért	borsosakért
translative	borsossá	borsosakká
terminative	borsosig	borsosakig
essive-formal	borsosként	borsosakként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	borsosban	borsosakban
superessive	borsoson	borsosakon
adessive	borsosnál	borsosaknál
illative	borsosba	borsosakba
sublative	borsosra	borsosakra
allative	borsoshoz	borsosakhoz
elative	borsosból	borsosakból
delative	borsosról	borsosakról
ablative	borsostól	borsosaktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	borsosé	borsosaké
non-attributive possessive - plural	borsoséi	borsosakéi

Derived terms

Expressions

• borsos ár

 

Further reading

• borsos 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
• borsos 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 2024)