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

1. (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.