Elfordulnak

Elfordulnak is the third-person plural present indicative form of the Hungarian verb elfordulni, meaning to turn away, to veer off, or to turn aside. It can refer to literal turning—such as vehicles or people changing their direction—as well as to figurative turning away from a topic, plan, or attitude. The action is intransitive and is formed from the base verb fordul with the prefix el-, which in Hungarian commonly signals a change of direction or movement away from something.

In usage, elfordulnak appears in contexts ranging from traffic reports to everyday narration. For example: "A járművek elfordulnak balra a kereszteződésnél." (The vehicles turn left at the intersection.) "A nézők elfordulnak a képtől." (The spectators turn away from the painting.) The form thus communicates a collective action or stance by a plural subject.

Etymologically, elfordulni is built from fordul ('to turn') with the prefix el-, which often marks a direction change or completion of an action. The expression is common in standard Hungarian and understood across registers, without specialized jargon.

Related forms include elfordul, elfordulás, and elforduló, which cover other tenses, nouns and adjectives derived from the same root.