Folytató

Folytató is a Hungarian noun meaning "the one who continues" or "continuator." It is formed from the verb folytat, to continue, with the agent suffix -ó. The term is used for a person who continues a work, tradition, or line of activity started by someone else, rather than simply inheriting it by law or merely following it.

In literary and cultural contexts, a folytató can be the author or artist who completes or extends a work after the original creator, or who carries forward a tradition. In organizational or business settings, it may denote a successor who maintains or enlarges a project or mission established by a predecessor. In science and technology, the term can describe a researcher or developer who continues the work of an earlier scholar or engineer.

The concept is distinct from utód or örökös, which more commonly refer to legal heirs or successors by inheritance, and from követő, which denotes a follower or imitator rather than someone who specifically continues a defined work or enterprise. Folytató emphasizes the continuation of a particular undertaking or lineage.

Examples include: "A regény folytatóját a kiadó nevezték ki." (The publisher appointed the continuator of the novel.) "A zenekar folytatója kijelentette, hogy hagyományait továbbviszi." (The continuator of the band stated that they would carry on the tradition.)