zavarba hoz
Hungarian
Etymology
zavar (“embarrassment”) + -ba (“into”, case suffix) + hoz (“to bring”), literally “to bring into embarrassment”
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈzɒvɒrbɒhoz]
Verb
zavarba hoz
- (transitive, idiomatic) to embarrass someone (to disrupt somebody's composure or comfort)
- A kérdés zavarba hozott. ― The question embarrassed me.
- Remélem, nem hoztalak zavarba. ― I hope I didn't embarrass you.
Conjugation
- For the verb, see hoz.
- The inflected noun zavarba remains unchanged.