pálcát tör
Hungarian
Etymology
From pálca (“cane, stick”) + -t (accusative suffix) + tör (“to break”), literally “to break [a] stick”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpaːlt͡saːtːør]
Verb
pálcát tör
- (idiomatic, with felett (fölött) or fölött) to denounce, condemn, criticize someone harshly (to pass a harsh judgement on someone)
- Synonym: elítél
- A munkatársaid pálcát törnek feletted, mert figyelmetlen vagy a munkádban.
- Your colleagues criticize you because you are not paying attention to your work.
Conjugation
- For the verb, see tör.
- The inflected noun pálcát remains unchanged.
- The pronoun is required with the appropriate possessive suffix according to the logical subject of the sentence (the person/s affected): felettem, feletted, felette, felettünk, felettetek, felettük or fölöttem, fölötted, fölötte, fölöttünk, fölöttetek, fölöttük.