lóvá tesz

Hungarian

Etymology

ló (“horse”) +‎ -vá (“into”) + tesz (“to make, to turn into”). The expression is connected to witchcraft. Long ago, popular superstition held that witches could not only ride broomsticks or fireplace pokers, but they could also turn their victims into horses and fly on them to their orgies. People thought that those who were turned into horses, were also tortured. Later, the meaning of "to torture" was replaced by "to trifle with", "to toy with", finally into the current "to deceive".[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈloːvaːtɛs]

Verb

lóvá tesz

(idiomatic, informal) to deceive someone, to make a fool of, to trick someone, to bamboozle, to take for a ride, to lead someone down the garden path

Conjugation

See at tesz. The inflected noun lóvá remains unchanged.

Synonyms

átver
becsap
bepaliz
beugrat
bolonddá tesz
csőbe húz
felültet
rászed

References

Forgács, Tamás. Magyar szólások és közmondások szótára (’Dictionary of Hungarian Idioms and Proverbs’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2004. →ISBN

[1] Forgács, Tamás. Magyar szólások és közmondások szótára (’Dictionary of Hungarian Idioms and Proverbs’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2004. →ISBN

单词	lóvá tesz
释义	lóvá tesz Hungarian Etymology ló (“horse”) +‎ -vá (“into”) + tesz (“to make, to turn into”). The expression is connected to witchcraft. Long ago, popular superstition held that witches could not only ride broomsticks or fireplace pokers, but they could also turn their victims into horses and fly on them to their orgies. People thought that those who were turned into horses, were also tortured. Later, the meaning of "to torture" was replaced by "to trifle with", "to toy with", finally into the current "to deceive".[1] Pronunciation IPA^(key): [ˈloːvaːtɛs] Verb lóvá tesz (idiomatic, informal) to deceive someone, to make a fool of, to trick someone, to bamboozle, to take for a ride, to lead someone down the garden path Conjugation See at tesz. The inflected noun lóvá remains unchanged. Synonyms átver becsap bepaliz beugrat bolonddá tesz csőbe húz felültet rászed References Forgács, Tamás. Magyar szólások és közmondások szótára (’Dictionary of Hungarian Idioms and Proverbs’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2004. →ISBN
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