Fontolóra

Fontolóra is a Hungarian adverbial form used in the verbal construction fontolóra venni, meaning to consider, to take into account, or to weigh a matter in decision-making. The expression conveys the act of evaluating options or proposals before a decision is made. In usage, fontolóra venni is common in formal or administrative language and in business or legal contexts.

Origin and related forms: fontol means to weigh or deliberate; the suffix -óra creates a sense of direction toward consideration, yielding the meaning “to take into consideration.” Related words include fontolás (consideration, contemplation) and megfontolás, megfontolni (to deliberate, to consider in depth). The construction fontolóra venni is typically used with a direct object describing the matter under consideration (e.g., egy javaslatot, egy lehetőséget).

Usage notes: The term is primarily found in formal registers and decision-making discourse. It often appears in discussions of proposals, options, or policies that require evaluation before a final stance or action. The subject performing the consideration is typically explicit in the sentence, while the object is the matter being weighed.

Examples:

- Meg kell fontolóra venni az összes lehetőséget. (All options must be taken into consideration.)

- A kormány fontolóra vette a javaslatot, de végleges döntésre még nem került sor.