lenyeli a békát

Hungarian

Etymology

lenyel (“to swallow, to gulp down”) +‎ -i (personal suffix) + a (“the”) + béka (“frog”) +‎ -t (accusative suffix), literally: “to swallow the frog”. Compare German eine Kröte schlucken, French avaler une couleuvre.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈlɛɲɛli ɒˈbeːkaːt]
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Verb

lenyeli a békát

(idiomatic, colloquial) to swallow a bitter pill, bite the bullet (to accept or endure an unpleasant reality)

Conjugation

For the verb, see lenyel.
The inflected noun békát remains unchanged.