Fagyaszt

Fagyaszt is a Hungarian verb meaning to freeze, specifically to cause something to become frozen or to preserve by freezing. It is the stem of the infinitive fagyasztani, which denotes the act of freezing or initiating the freezing process. The word is used in various contexts, from cooking and food storage to industrial and meteorological settings.

In everyday language, fagyasztni is used transitively to indicate freezing an object, such as foods or liquids. For example, people speak of fagyasztani húst or fagyasztani zöldségeket to preserve them by freezing. The process itself is referred to by the noun fagyasztás (the act or process of freezing). A device used for this purpose is a fagyasztó, i.e., a freezer. After freezing, items may be described as fagyasztott, meaning frozen.

Intransitive usage exists as well in which something freezes by itself, such as water or metal reaching freezing temperatures. In meteorology and daily speech, phrases center on the state of being frozen (fagyott állapot) or the event of reaching freezing point (megfagyás, megfagy).

Related linguistic forms include fagyasztó (freezer), fagyasztott (frozen), and fagyasztás (freezing process). The verb belongs to standard Hungarian lexicon and is widely used in contexts from household food preparation to industrial cold-chain operations.