Eltöltött

Eltöltött is a Hungarian past participle of the verb eltölteni, commonly used as an adjective meaning “spent” or “occupied,” especially with regard to time or other resources. It functions both predicatively and attributively, describing a noun as having had its time or use completed.

In use, eltöltött typically refers to time that has been spent or occupied and can be combined with various time expressions. For example: Eltöltöttem az időt a barátaimmal. (I spent the time with my friends.) A nyarat itthon töltöttem. (I spent the summer at home.) In attributive position, it can appear before a noun as in egy eltöltött hét (a spent week) or egy eltöltött idő (a period of time that has been spent).

Notes on meaning and nuance: eltöltött emphasizes the completion or consumption of time or resources, rather than just the action of spending. It is distinct from the related verb tölt, which simply means “to spend” or “to fill” in a more general sense. The form eltöltött is not typically used to describe food; for stuffed foods, the common term is töltött (as in töltött paprika, “stuffed peppers”).

Etymology and grammar: the prefix el- in Hungarian often conveys completion or boundary, attached to tölt (to fill/spend) to yield eltölteni, with eltöltött as its past participle. The word agrees in gender and number with the noun it modifies when used adjectivally.

Related topics include the verbs eltölteni and tölteni, and phrases such as eltöltött idő or eltöltött hét, which illustrate the common Hungarian construction for expressing spent time.