töri a fejét
Hungarian
Etymology
tör (“to break”) + -i (personal suffix) + a (“the”) + fej (“head”) + -e (possessive suffix) + -t (accusative suffix), literally: "to break one's head"
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈtøri ɒˈfɛjeːt]
Verb
töri a fejét
- (idiomatic) to rack one's brain
- Synonyms: tanakodik, gondolkodik
Derived terms
- rosszban töri a fejét
Conjugation
- For the verb, see tör.
- The inflected noun takes the appropriate possessive suffix according to the subject of the sentence: fejemet, fejedet, fejét, fejünket, fejeteket, fejüket.