hiába

Hungarian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈhijaːbɒ]
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  • Hyphenation: hi‧á‧ba
  • Rhymes: -bɒ

Adverb

hiába

  1. in vain (without success), vainly
    Synonyms: hasztalan, hasztalanul, sikertelenül

Derived terms

Further reading

  • hiába in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
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