Greetings
| Hungarian | English |
|---|---|
| helló | hello; bye |
| szevasz, szevasztok | hi; bye (friendly) |
| csá | hi; bye (very casual) |
| pá | bye |
| viszlát | bye |
| mizu? | what's up? |
| puszi | kiss; love (at the end of a message) |
Slang
| Hungarian | English |
|---|---|
| tök | totally, really |
| király | cool, great |
| menő | cool, trendy |
| durva | intense, extreme |
| gáz | embarrassing, bad |
| para | worry, problem |
| cuki | cute |
| naná | of course |
| haver | mate, buddy |
| srác | guy, lad |
| csaj | girl |
| kaja | food |
| pia | booze |
| buli | party |
| lóvé | money, cash |
| dumál | to chat |
| verda | car (slang) |
Diminutives
| Hungarian | English |
|---|---|
| csoki | chocolate |
| fagyi | ice cream |
| süti | cake, biscuit |
| suli | school |
| nagyi | granny |
| anyuka | mum |
| apuka | dad |
| házacska | little house |
Idioms and language words
| Hungarian | English |
|---|---|
| Fogalmam sincs. | I have no idea. |
| Ez nem az én asztalom. | That's not my business. |
| Kilóg a lóláb. | The truth comes out. |
| Benne vagyunk a pácban. | We're in a fix. |
| kosarat kap | to be turned down |
| beadja a kulcsot | to break down, to give up |
| szólás | idiom, saying |
| közmondás | proverb |
| köznyelv | standard language |
| nyelvjárás | dialect |
| tájszó | dialect word |
Places
| Hungarian | English |
|---|---|
| Erdély | Transylvania |
| Székelyföld | Szeklerland |
| Felvidék | southern Slovakia (Hungarian name) |
| Vajdaság | Vojvodina |
| Kárpátalja | Transcarpathia |
| Kolozsvár | Cluj-Napoca |
| határon túli magyarok | Hungarians beyond the border |