melege van
Hungarian
Etymology
From the noun meleg (“warmth, heat”) + -e (possessive suffix) + van (“to have”), literally “to have warmth/heat”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmɛlɛɡɛvɒn]
Verb
melege van
- (idiomatic, of a living being) to be or feel hot (to feel the sensation of heat, especially to the point of discomfort; the logical subject expressed with -nak/-nek)
- Antonym: fázik
- Nagyon melegem volt attól, hogy túl sokat voltam a napon. ― I was so hot from being in the sun too long.
- Nincs meleged abban a vastag kabátban? ― Aren’t you hot with that thick coat on?
Conjugation
- For the verb, see van (nincs when negated in the present tense).
- The noun takes the appropriate possessive suffix according to the logical subject of the sentence: melegem, meleged, melege, melegünk, melegetek, melegük.