Befogad

Befogad is a Hungarian verb meaning to take in, absorb, admit, or host. It is used when a person, animal, or idea is received into a place or group, or when someone is accommodated or sheltered. The act can refer to physical reception (hosting a guest or sheltering refugees), social acceptance (accepting an idea or proposal), or formal admission (into a program or institution). The prefix be- signals inclusion or completion, attached to the root fogad, which means to receive or welcome.

The noun form befogadás denotes the act of reception, admission, or hosting, while befogadó can refer to a host or a person who accepts. The verb is typically used transitively with a direct object describing what is being taken in or accepted.

Common usages include examples such as: a menekültet befogadták (the refugees were taken in), befogadta az ötletet (he/she accepted the idea), or az intézmény befogadta a diákokat (the institution admitted/hosted the students). In public discourse, befogadás is often discussed in contexts like social integration or immigration policy, while more specific terms may describe adoption in the legal sense (örökbefogadás) rather than befogadás.

Notes and contrasts: elfogad means to accept as true or to adopt in a different sense, whereas befogad emphasizes reception, admission, or hosting. The term is common in administrative, educational, and social policy contexts, reflecting the act of bringing someone or something into a group or facility.