menten

See also: mentén and -menten

Asturian

Verb

menten

  1. third-person plural present indicative of mentir

Catalan

Pronunciation

Verb

menten

  1. third-person plural present indicative of mentir

Galician

Verb

menten

  1. third-person plural present indicative of mentir

Hungarian

Etymology

Lexicalization of *men-, a variant stem of megy +‎ -t (past-participle suffix) + -en (“-ly”, deadjectival adverb-forming suffix). Compare folyton, bizton. First attested in c. 1531.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɛntɛn]
  • Rhymes: -ɛn
  • Hyphenation: men‧ten

Adverb

menten (not comparable)

  1. (higher register) at once, on the spot, immediately
    Synonyms: azonnal, rögtön, rögvest, nyomban, legott

Descendants

  • → Romanian: minten

References

  1. ^ menten in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2025.

Further reading

  • menten 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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