Adjectives describe people or things. You’ll need them whenever you want to describe what something or somebody is like. The car is old, the hotel is cheap. You get it. Memorize the Hungarian adjectives below and you’ll be well equipped for most basic conversations.

This lesson is part of the chapter “Learning Hungarian“.

Basic Words & Phrases: Adjectives

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Important adjectives

EnglishHungarianPronunciation
(Audio)
goodjóhu-sing_good
badrosszhu-sing_bad
newújhu-sing_new
oldrégihu-sing_old
smallkicsihu-sing_small
large / bignagyhu-sing_largebig
longhosszúhu-sing_long
shortrövidhu-sing_short
cheapolcsóhu-sing_cheap
expensivedrágahu-sing_expensive
light / clearvilágoshu-sing_lightclear
darksötéthu-sing_dark
latekéső
későn		hu-sing_late
hu-sing_late-2
earlykoránhu-sing_early
interestingérdekeshu-sing_interesting
boringunalmashu-sing_boring
tiredfáradthu-sing_tired
easy / simplekönnyűhu-sing_easysimple
for freeingyenhu-sing_for-free
right / correcthelyeshu-sing_rightcorrect
wronghelytelenhu-sing_wrong
strongerőshu-sing_strong
weakgyengehu-sing_weak

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