Hungarian

Verb

elnéz

1. (intransitive) to look away (to stop looking somewhere)

   Rögtön elnézett onnan.‎ ― He suddenly looked away from there.

2. (transitive) to overlook, to see something incorrectly by mistake (i.e. "mis-look" or "missee")

   Elnéztem a dátumot, mégse 12-én megyünk, hanem 13-án.‎ ― I "didn't look at the date well", we are not going on the 12th, but on the 13th.

3. (transitive) to excuse, to forgive, to condone something

   Nézd el neki, hogy butaságokat beszél.‎ ― Excuse him that he talks nonsense.

4. (transitive) to look at something thoroughly

   Ahogy elnézem, nem szeretitek egymást túlságosan.‎ ― As I see it, you don't like each other too much.

5. (intransitive, colloquial) to go somewhere (at a short distance)

   Elnézek a tóhoz.‎ ― I go to the lake (e.g. to look around)

Conjugation

Synonyms

• (see mistakenly): félrenéz
• (forgive): megbocsát

Derived terms

• elnézés