szemet huny
Hungarian
Etymology
szem (“eye”) + -et (accusative suffix) + huny (“to shut”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈsɛmɛthuɲ]
Verb
szemet huny
- (idiomatic) to turn a blind eye (to something: felett (fölött)) (to deliberately overlook something unpleasant or improper)
Conjugation
- For the verb, see huny.
- The inflected noun szemet remains unchanged.
Related terms
- szemhunyásnyi (wink, as in ’I didn’t sleep a wink’)