elront

Hungarian

Etymology

el- +‎ ront

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛrːont]
• Hyphenation: el‧ront
• Rhymes: -ont

Verb

elront

1. (transitive) to put out of order (equipment), to damage
2. (transitive) to spoil (children), to corrupt (humans)
3. (transitive) to impair (health)
4. (transitive) to botch, to bungle, to mess up, to make a mess of, to screw up

   Synonyms: elszúr, eltol, elfuserál, elpuskáz

Conjugation

Click for archaic forms			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.	elrontok	elrontasz	elront	elrontunk	elrontotok	elrontanak
		Def.	elrontom	elrontod	elrontja	elrontjuk	elrontjátok	elrontják
		2nd-p. o.	elrontalak	―
	Past	Indef.	elrontottam	elrontottál	elrontott	elrontottunk	elrontottatok	elrontottak
		Def.	elrontottam	elrontottad	elrontotta	elrontottuk	elrontottátok	elrontották
		2nd-p. o.	elrontottalak	―
	Future		Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. el fog rontani.
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	elronték	elrontál	elronta	elrontánk	elrontátok	elrontának
		Def.	elrontám	elrontád	elrontá	elrontánk	elrontátok	elronták
		2nd-p. o.	elrontálak	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. elront vala, elrontott vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	elrontandok	elrontandasz	elrontand	elrontandunk	elrontandotok	elrontandanak
		Def.	elrontandom	elrontandod	elrontandja	elrontandjuk	elrontandjátok	elrontandják
		2nd-p. o.	elrontandalak	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	elrontanék	elrontanál	elrontana	elrontanánk	elrontanátok	elrontanának
		Def.	elrontanám	elrontanád	elrontaná	elrontanánk (or elrontanók)	elrontanátok	elrontanák
		2nd-p. o.	elrontanálak	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. elrontott volna
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	elrontsak	elronts or elrontsál	elrontson	elrontsunk	elrontsatok	elrontsanak
		Def.	elrontsam	elrontsd or elrontsad	elrontsa	elrontsuk	elrontsátok	elrontsák
		2nd-p. o.	elrontsalak	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. elrontott légyen
Infinitive	elrontani		elrontanom	elrontanod	elrontania	elrontanunk	elrontanotok	elrontaniuk
Other forms	Verbal noun		Present part.	Past part.	Future part.	Adverbial participle		Causative
	elrontás		elrontó	elrontott	elrontandó	elrontva (elrontván)		elrontat
The archaic passive conjugation had the same -(t)at/-(t)et suffix as the causative, followed by -ik in the 3rd-person singular (and the concomitant changes in conditional and subjunctive mostly in the 1st- and 3rd-person singular like with other traditional -ik verbs).
The prefix can split from the verb stem, e.g. nem ront el or el is ront.

conjugation of elront

Click for archaic forms			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.	elronthatok	elronthatsz	elronthat	elronthatunk	elronthattok	elronthatnak
		Def.	elronthatom	elronthatod	elronthatja	elronthatjuk	elronthatjátok	elronthatják
		2nd-p. o.	elronthatlak	―
	Past	Indef.	elronthattam	elronthattál	elronthatott	elronthattunk	elronthattatok	elronthattak
		Def.	elronthattam	elronthattad	elronthatta	elronthattuk	elronthattátok	elronthatták
		2nd-p. o.	elronthattalak	―
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	elronthaték	elronthatál	elronthata	elronthatánk	elronthatátok	elronthatának
		Def.	elronthatám	elronthatád	elronthatá	elronthatánk	elronthatátok	elronthaták
		2nd-p. o.	elronthatálak	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. elronthat vala, elronthatott vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	elronthatandok or elrontandhatok	elronthatandasz or elrontandhatsz	elronthatand or elrontandhat	elronthatandunk or elrontandhatunk	elronthatandotok or elrontandhattok	elronthatandanak or elrontandhatnak
		Def.	elronthatandom or elrontandhatom	elronthatandod or elrontandhatod	elronthatandja or elrontandhatja	elronthatandjuk or elrontandhatjuk	elronthatandjátok or elrontandhatjátok	elronthatandják or elrontandhatják
		2nd-p. o.	elronthatandalak or elrontandhatlak	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	elronthatnék	elronthatnál	elronthatna	elronthatnánk	elronthatnátok	elronthatnának
		Def.	elronthatnám	elronthatnád	elronthatná	elronthatnánk (or elronthatnók)	elronthatnátok	elronthatnák
		2nd-p. o.	elronthatnálak	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. elronthatott volna
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	elronthassak	elronthass or elronthassál	elronthasson	elronthassunk	elronthassatok	elronthassanak
		Def.	elronthassam	elronthasd or elronthassad	elronthassa	elronthassuk	elronthassátok	elronthassák
		2nd-p. o.	elronthassalak	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. elronthatott légyen
Inf.	(elronthatni)		(elronthatnom)	(elronthatnod)	(elronthatnia)	(elronthatnunk)	(elronthatnotok)	(elronthatniuk)
Positive adjective			elrontható	Neg. adj.	elronthatatlan	Adv. part.	(elronthatva / elronthatván)
The prefix can split from the verb stem, e.g. nem ronthat el or el is ronthat.

potential conjugation of elront

Derived terms

• elrontás

 

Related terms

• romlik → elromlik

 

Further reading

• elront 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
• elront in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).