ápoltam

Ápoltam is the first-person singular past tense form of the Hungarian verb ápolni, meaning to care for, to nurse, or to tend to. It denotes a completed action in the past: “I cared for.” The word is pronounced with the stress on the first syllable, roughly like [aː-pol-tɒm].

In use, ápoltam describes acts of caregiving or tending that were performed by the speaker at a past time. It is transitive and typically followed by the person or thing cared for (for example, a patient, a relative, an animal, or an object). The sense covers medical-like caregiving as well as domestic or everyday care. Example: Tegnap ápoltam a beteget. Translation: Yesterday I cared for the patient.

Related forms and notes: The base verb is ápolni (to care for). Present-tense forms include ápolom (I care for), ápolod (you care for), ápolja (he/she cares for), and so on. The noun ápolás means care or nursing, and the agent noun ápoló refers to a caregiver or nurse. Ápoltam is one of several Hungarian past-tense forms used to express completed caregiving actions in the first person singular. See also related verbs such as gondoskodni (to provide care) for broader caregiving contexts.