This lesson will teach you to describe the colors and appearance of people and things in Hungarian. Learn to express whether something is big or small, red or green, beautiful of ugly.

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

Basic Words & Phrases: Colors

Colors

EnglishHungarianPronunciation
(Audio)
light / clearvilágos
darksötét
colorcolorszín
coloredcoloredszínes
whitewhitefehér
blackblackfekete
yellowyellowsárga
orangeorangenarancssárga
redredpiros
pinkpinkrózsaszín
violetvioletlila
bluebluekék
greengreenzöld
brownbrownbarna
greygreyszürke

Appearance & attributes

EnglishHungarianPronunciation
(Audio)
newúj
oldrégi
smallkicsi
large / bignagy
youngfiatal
kind / pleasantkedves
unkind / unpleasantudvariatlan
patienttürelmes
tall (When talking about people)magas
middle sized (When talking about people)közepes termetű
small (When talking about people)alacsony
fatkövér
thin / slimvékony
nice / prettycsinos
beautifulszép
uglycsúnya
ill / sickbeteg
healthyegészsgées
happy / cheerfulboldog
sadszomorú
sportysportos
ambitionedambíciózus
intelligentintelligens
creativekreatív
activeaktív
sentimentalszentimentális
rationalracionális
emotionalérzelmes
naturaltermészetes
romanticromantikus
nice / amiablekedves
spontaneousspontán
energeticenergikus
stressed (out)stresszes
relaxednyugodt
frustratedfrusztrált
talentedtehetséges

Questions & phrases

EnglishHungarianPronunciation
(Audio)
What does he look like?Hogy néz ki (ő)?
What does she look like?Hogy néz ki (ő)?
What is he like?Milyen (ő)?
What is she like?Milyen (ő)?

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